A Conversational Dictionary of Kodiak Alutiiq

Alternate Language Names

Central Yup’ik, Yup’ik, West Alaska Eskimo, Sugpiaq, Suk Eskimo, Pacific Gulf Yupik, Sugpiak, Sugcestun, Suk, Supik, Pacific Gulf Yupik, Gulf Yupik, Koniag-Chugach.

Region

Alaska, United States.

Who

Jeff Leer (author of the dictionary’s introduction as well as the dictionary compiler).

Others Involved

Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Representatives of all the main villages except Ouzinkie involved in an Alaska Native Language Centre writing system workshop in Kodiak in January 1978 who contributed to the dictionary: Larry Matfay, Martha Matfay, and Raymond Kelly from Old Harbor, Walter Simeonoff and Mary Simeonoff from Akhiok, Tania Malutin and Zoia Sugak from Karluk, John Pestrikoff and Julia Pestrikoff from Port Lions (representing the Afognak dialect), Marina Waselie from Larsen Bay. As well as other occasional participants living in Kodiak: Senefonte and Jennie Zeedar, Mary Gallagher, and Sophie Katelnikoff. Also participating was Father Michael Oleksa, an Orthodox priest at Old Harbor working with native language programs on Kodiak Island, especially in Old Harbor and Akhiok. Jeff Leer and Irene Reed of the Alaska Native Language Center conducted the workshop.

Publishing Information

Published 1978, Alaska Native Language Centre, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

How People are Cited

Information on speakers and other contributors can be found in the Acknowledgements section.

How Information is Cited

Details on where the information in this publication comes from can be found in the Acknowledgements section.

Where is Information Coming from

The information in this dictionary comes from speakers of the Kodiak dialect of Alutiiq. The previously published Conversational Dictionary of Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq (1978) was used as a starting point to gather the equivalents terms in the Kodiak dialect.

Tools and Framework used

This dictionary is available as both a physical and digital book (PDF scan).

Access

Both the physical and digital books (PDF scan) are available through some libraries. The digital copy (PDF scan) is open access through the Alaska Native Language Archive, and the Alutiiq Education website (alutiiqeducation.org).

Included Languages and Directionality

English to Alutiiq.

Dialects Included

This is a dictionary of the Kodiak island dialect (spoken in Ouzinkie, Old Harbor, Akhiok, Karluk, Larsen Bay, and Port Lions on Kodiak island). Together with the dialect spoken on the Alaska peninsula (spoken in Perryville, Chignik, Port Heiden, and Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula) these dialects make up the Koniag Alutiiq dialect. Much of the vocabulary in this dictionary is also used in the dialect spoken on the Alaska peninsula.

Kodiak, Kodiak island, Koniag Alutiiq.

Type of Dictionary

This is a bilingual, mono-directional dictionary.

How are Entries Organised

The entries are organized alphabetically by English.

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