Editing Aleut language (section)

{{short description|Language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family}}
{{distinguish|Alutiiq language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Aleut
| nativename       = {{lang|ale|Unangam Tunuu}} {{lang|ale-Cyrl|Уна́ӈам тунуу́}}<br>{{lang|ale-Cyrl|унаӈан умсуу}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[uˈnaŋam tuˈnuː]}}
| states           = [[Alaska]] ([[Aleutian Islands|Aleutian]], [[Pribilof Islands]], [[Alaskan Peninsula]] west of [[Stepovak Bay]]), [[Kamchatka Krai]] ([[Commander Islands]])
| ethnicity        = 7,234 [[Aleut people|Aleut]]
| speakers         = <80 in Alaska
| date             = 2022
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/AKNativeLanguagePreservationAdvisoryCouncil/Languages.aspx|title=How Many Speakers are There of Each Alaska Native Language?}}</ref>
| speakers2        = extinct in Russia 2021
| familycolor      = Eskimo-Aleut
| ancestor        = [[Proto-Eskaleut language|Proto-Eskimo–Aleut]]
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] (Alaska)<br />[[Cyrillic]] (Alaska, Russia)
| nation           = {{flag|Alaska}}<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/28?Hsid=HB0216Z |title = Alaska State Legislature}}</ref>
| iso2             = ale
| iso3             = ale
| glotto           = aleu1260
| glottorefname    = Aleut
| notice           = IPA
| map              = Aleut map.svg
| mapcaption       = Aleut is spoken on the Aleutian Islands
| map2             = Lang Status 20-CR.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|Aleut is classified as Critically Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|root=|person=Unangax̂|people=[[Aleut|Unangan]] (east)<br/>[[Aleut|Unangas]] (west)|language=Unangam Tunuu|country=[[Aleutian Islands|Unangam Tanangin]]}}

'''Aleut''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|l|i|uː|t|}} {{respell|AL|ee|oot|}}) or {{lang|ale|'''Unangam Tunuu'''}}<ref name=":1">{{harvnb|Bergsland|1994}}</ref> is the language spoken by the [[Aleut]] living in the [[Aleutian Islands]], [[Pribilof Islands]], [[Commander Islands]], and the [[Alaska Peninsula]] (in Aleut {{lang|ale|Alaxsxa}}, the origin of the state name Alaska).<ref name=":0">{{harvnb|Bergsland|1997}}</ref> Aleut is the sole language in the Aleut branch of the [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut language family]]. The Aleut language consists of three [[dialect]]s, including '''{{lang|ale|Unalaska}}''' (Eastern Aleut), '''{{lang|ale|Atka}}/{{lang|ale|Atkan}}''' (Atka Aleut), and '''{{lang|ale|Attu}}/{{lang|ale|Attuan}}''' (Western Aleut, now extinct).<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Museum of the Aleutians - Permanent Exhibit - Unangan language.jpg|thumb|Exhibit on the Aleut language at the Museum of the Aleutians]]
Various sources estimate there are fewer than 100 to 150 remaining active Aleut speakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apiai.com/cultural_heritage.asp?page%3Dculturalheritage |title=Unangam Tunuu (The Aleut Language) Preservation |publisher=Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association |access-date=March 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224064849/http://www.apiai.com/cultural_heritage.asp?page=culturalheritage |archive-date=February 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/al/ |title=Aleut |publisher=Alaska Native Language Center |access-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190725/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/al/ |archive-date=2018-01-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ |title=Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics |publisher=Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730210753/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ |archive-date=30 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Because of this, Eastern and Atkan Aleut are classified as "critically endangered and extinct"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/endangered-languages/atlas-of-languages-in-danger/ |title=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date=23 January 2018 }}</ref> and have an [[Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale]] (EGIDS) rating of 7.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ale |title=Aleut |website=[[Ethnologue]] |access-date=23 January 2018 }}</ref> The task of revitalizing Aleut has largely been left to local government and community organizations. The overwhelming majority of schools in the historically Aleut-speaking regions lack any language/culture courses in their curriculum, and those that do fail to produce fluent or even proficient speakers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=27&docid=9330 |title=Sealaska Heritage Institute: Alaska Native Language Programs, January 2012 |publisher=The Alaska State Legislature |access-date=23 January 2018 }}</ref>