Eskimo-Aleut

American  

[es-kuh-moh-uh-loot, -al-ee-oot] / ˈɛs kəˌmoʊ əˈlut, -ˈæl iˌut /

noun

1. a family of languages, consisting of Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut.

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adjective

1. of or belonging to Eskimo-Aleut.

Example Sentences

The researchers also study how these ancient peoples are related to modern populations who speak Eskimo-Aleut, Na-Dene and other languages.

From Nature

This tangled family tree underpins the ancestry of modern speakers of indigenous Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut languages.

From Science Magazine

Eskimo-Aleut speakers derive more than 50% of their DNA from what the researchers call "First Americans", and the Chipewyan around 90%.

From BBC

“The Asian lineages that contributed some of the DNA to Eskimo-Aleut speakers and the Na-Dene-speaking Chipewyan from Canada are more closely related to present-day East Asian populations.”

From Scientific American

They also find evidence for two further waves of migration, one among Na-Dene speakers and the other among Eskimo-Aleut, again as Dr. Greenberg predicted.

From New York Times