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How many surviving dialects of Unangam Tunuu are there?
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There are two mutually intelligible dialects of Unangam Tunuu that survive today:
- Eastern Unangam Tunuu (Eastern Aleut): Spoken primarily by middle-aged and older individuals across the Alaska Peninsula, Umnak Island, and the Pribilof Islands.12
- Atkan Unangam Tunuu (Atkan Aleut): Spoken on Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands and by some older speakers on Bering Island in the Komandor Islands.12
While a third dialect, Attu Unangam Tunuu, is extinct in Alaska, it persists on Bering Island in a creolized form that incorporates Russian verbal inflections.12