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Eskimo Words for "Snow"
Steven J. Derose debunks the modern myth that Yup'ik has an endless vocabulary to describe snow.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/~sjd/mymusings/eskimo.html
Alaska Native Languages
Clickable map to language information and local resources.
http://www.alaskool.org/Language/languageindex.htm
The Inuktitut Language of Tununiq, Pond Inlet, and Baffin Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada
Introduction to the language of the Inuit: pronunciation guide and a few common words and phrases.
http://www.tununiq.com/masters/iinuk.htm
The Rosetta Project: Eskimo-Aleut Language Family
Detailed information about the six major languages in the group.
http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/browsebyfamilyresult?searchtype=family&searchkey=Eskimo-Aleut
Alaskool: Many Tongues - Ancient Tales
Article by Michael E. Krauss discussing whether American languages came from Asia and the links between specific families.
http://www.Alaskool.org/language/manytongues/ManyTongues.html
Arctic Languages - An Awakening
Unesco publication describing the present state of Arctic languages and the changes that have taken place in social attitudes in the Arctic regions since the Second World War (PDF format).
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000861/086162e.pdf
Writing in Inuktitut: A Historical Perspective
History of the Inuit use of Latin, pictorial, Cyrillic, and syllabic writing systems, from Siberia to Greenland. Covers missionary-, Inuit-, and government-developed systems.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/nord/h16-7301-e.html
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