单词 | inupik |
释义 | Inupikadj.n. A. adj. Of or relating to a division of the Eskimo language family comprising dialects spoken in North Alaska and Greenland. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Eskimo-Aleut > [adjective] Inuit1862 Yuit1881 Eskimo-Aleutian1936 Eskimo-Aleut1947 Inupiaq1947 Inupik1951 Yupik1951 Inuktitut1976 1951 M. Swadesh in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 17 69/1 The phonologic material shows an unmistakable cleavage between two groups of dialects which may be conveniently called the Yupik and Inupik divisions by reference to their treatment of the root for human being (juk versus inuk). 1962 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 7 96 The Inupik dialects are believed to share a phonemic, grammatical, and lexical common core large enough to make mutual understanding feasible in everyday conversation. 2002 J. McGrath in B. Burnaby & J. A. Reyhner Indigenous Langs. Across Community iii. 103 Yup'ik and Inupik languages are believed to have split 2,000 years ago. B. n. A division of the Eskimo language family, comprising dialects spoken in North Alaska and Greenland; = Inuit n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Eskimo-Aleut > [noun] Greenlandish1767 Eskimo1819 Greenlandic1820 husky1864 Aleut1872 Inuk1884 Inuit1901 Yuit1909 Eskimo-Aleut1913 Inupiaq1947 Inupik1951 Yupik1951 Yuk1962 Inuktitut1974 1951 M. Swadesh in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 17 70/2 The dichotomy between Yupik and Inupik is clear and geographically abrupt. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 779/1 Voiced and voiceless varieties of the continuant consonants r, g, l, and v are distinctive sounds in western dialects but in eastern Inupik they are only variants. 2009 W. W. Schuhmacker in V. V. Shevoroshkin & H. U. Sverdrup Bygone Voices Reconstructed iii. 221 As for Inupik, the Eskimo language spoken from North Alaska to Greenland, it is true that there are hardly in any dialect more than approximately 1,200 independent roots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1951 |
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