Proto-Eskimoan language

Proto-Eskimoan
Proto-Eskimo, Proto-Inuit-Yupik
Reconstruction ofEskimo languages
Eraby ca. 2000 BCE
Reconstructed
ancestor
Lower-order reconstructions

Proto-Eskimoan, Proto-Eskimo, or Proto-Inuit-Yupik, is the reconstructed ancestor of the Eskimo languages. It was spoken by the ancestors of the Yupik and Inuit peoples. It is linguistically related to the Aleut language, and both descend from the Proto-Eskaleut language.

Comparative studies of Eskimo and Aleut languages suggest that the Proto-Eskimoan and Proto-Aleut languages diverged between 4000 and 2000 BCE.

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