Editing Aleuts (section)

== Language ==
Aleut people speak Unangam Tunuu, the [[Aleut language]], as well as English and Russian in the United States and Russia respectively. An estimated 150 people in the United States and five people in Russia speak Aleut.<ref name=ethno>[http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ale "Aleut."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620074153/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ale |date=June 20, 2017 }} ''Ethnologue''. Retrieved February 3, 2014.</ref> The language belongs to the [[Eskaleut languages|Eskaleut language family]] and includes three dialects: Eastern Aleut, spoken on the Eastern Aleutian, [[Shumagin Islands|Shumagin]], [[Fox Islands (Alaska)|Fox]] and [[Pribilof Islands]]; [[Atkan]], spoken on [[Atka Island|Atka]] and [[Bering Island|Bering]] islands; and the now extinct [[Attu Island|Attuan]] dialect.

The Pribilof Islands has the highest number of active speakers of Unangam Tunuu. Most native elders speak Aleut, but it is rare for common people to speak the language fluently.

Beginning in 1829, Aleut was written in the [[Cyrillic script]]. From 1870, the language has been written in the [[Latin script]]. An Aleut dictionary and grammar have been published, and portions of the Bible were translated into Aleut.<ref name=ethno/>