Guangkuta Alutiit’stun Litnaurlita—Let’s All Study Alutiiq!
The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people speak Sugt’stun, or simply Alutiiq. Some people also refer to the language as Alutiit’stun—which means “like an Alutiiq.” This language is one of five related languages spoken across the North American Arctic. The Unangax̂ people of the Aleutian chain speak Unangam Tunuu, which belongs to the “Aleutian” branch. The remaining languages belong to the second branch. They include Sugt’stun spoken in the Gulf of Alaska, Yugtun and Cugtun spoken in western Alaska, and Iñupiatun/Inuktitut and Kalaallisut spoken across northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.
