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Alutiiqnoun
A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
Etymology: алеуты, from allíthuh.
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Alutiiq
The Alutiiq people, also called by their ancestral name Sugpiaq as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are a southern coastal people of the Native peoples of Alaska. Their language is called Sugstun, and it is one of Eskimo languages, belonging to the Yup’ik branch of these languages. They are not to be confused with the Aleuts, who live further to the southwest, including along the Aleutian Islands. At present, the most commonly used title is Alutiiq [sg] Alutiik [dual] Alutiit [pl]. However, these terms derive from the names that Russian fur traders and settlers gave to the people from the region. Russian occupation began in 1784 with the brutal massacre of a large number of Sugpiat at Refuge Rock just off the coast of Sitkalidak Island near the present-day village of Old Harbor. The Sugpiaq term for Aleut is Alutiiq. All three names are used now, according to personal preference. Some Alaska Natives from the region have advocated the use of the terms that the people used to describe their people and language: Sugpiaq [sg] Sugpiak [dual] Sugpiat [pl] to describe the people and Sugstun, Sugcestun, Sugt'stun, Sugtestun to describe the language. They traditionally lived a coastal lifestyle, subsisting primarily on ocean resources such as salmon, halibut, and whale, as well as rich land resources such as berries and land mammals. Before European contact with Russian fur traders, the Alutiiq lived in semi-subterranean homes called ciqlluaq. The Alutiiq today live in coastal fishing communities, where they work in all aspects of the modern economy, while also maintaining the cultural value of subsistence. In 2010 the high school in Kodiak responded to requests from students and agreed to teach the Alutiiq language. The Kodiak dialect of the language was being spoken by only about 50 persons, all of them elderly, and the dialect was in danger of being lost entirely.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alutiiq in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of alutiiq in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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