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What happened to the Attu dialect of Unangam Tunuu in Alaska?
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The Attu dialect of Unangam Tunuu, which was once the westernmost dialect in Alaska, is now extinct within the state.12
However, the dialect survives on Bering Island in the Commander Islands, Russia, in a creolized form known as Russian Aleut. This version of the language incorporates Russian verbal inflections.12