The influence of Russian on the Eskaleut languages
The influence of Russian on the Eskaleut languages
Author(s): José Andrés Alonso de la FuenteSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Russian language; interference;Eskaleut languages;language situation;interference
Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this article is to present a brief overview of the linguistic effects that Russian influence has caused on the Eskaleut (a.k.a. Eskimo-Aleut) languages. There exist very good general surveys, albeit none of them approach Eskaleut as a whole: some of them focus on Eskimo data, others on Aleut. The lexicon, phonology and grammar of various Eskaleut languages present clear traces of Russian influence. However, the degree of intensity reached its peak on the Aleutian Islands.Russian has also experienced much of what the Eskaleut languages went through under Russian rule. The immediate future of Ninilchik and Afognak Russian, however, seems less auspicious than the prospects of Eskaleut languages spoken on both sides of the Bering Strait.
Journal: Przegląd Rusycystyczny
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 162
- Page Range: 99-125
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English