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Which Unangam Tunuu dialects are mutually intelligible?
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Within the Eskimo-Aleut languages family, the Unangam Tunuu language currently survives in two mutually intelligible dialects:12
- Eastern Unangam Tunuu (Eastern Aleut): Spoken across the Alaska Peninsula, through Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands, and on the Pribilof Islands.12
- Atkan Unangam Tunuu (Atkan Aleut): Spoken on Atka Island and by some speakers on Bering Island in the Komandor Islands.12
A third historical dialect, Attu Unangam Tunuu, is extinct in Alaska; however, a creolized form known as Russian Aleut survives on Bering Island, incorporating Russian verbal inflections.12