aleut meaning

Noun: Aleut  u'loot

1. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
   - Aleutian 
2. A community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
   "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically" 
3. The language spoken by the Aleut

Derived forms: Aleuts

See also: Aleutian

Type of: American Indian, community, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Indian, Red Indian

Encyclopedia: Aleut

[Medicine]
Inuktitut-speakers generally associated with the northern polar region.

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1. inuit-aleut languages
2. Aleut arts are practiced and taught throughout the state of Alaska.
3. It is the only Aleut settlement on the Bering Sea shore.
4. The consonant phonemes of the various Aleut dialects are represented below.
5. Note that some phonemes are unique to specific dialects of Aleut.