Proto–Eskimo-Aleut was the common ancestor of the Eskimo languages and Aleut. Its existence is known through similarities in Eskimo and Aleut. The existence of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut is generally accepted among linguists. It was for a long time true that no linguistic reconstruction of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut had yet been produced, as stated by Bomhard . Such a reconstruction was offered by Knut Bergsland in 1986.

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  • Proto–Eskimo-Aleut was the common ancestor of the Eskimo languages and Aleut. Its existence is known through similarities in Eskimo and Aleut. The existence of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut is generally accepted among linguists. It was for a long time true that no linguistic reconstruction of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut had yet been produced, as stated by Bomhard . Such a reconstruction was offered by Knut Bergsland in 1986. Michael Fortescue has offered another version of this system, largely based on the reconstruction of Proto-Eskimo in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary he co-authored with Steven Jacobson and Lawrence Kaplan .
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  • Proto–Eskimo-Aleut was the common ancestor of the Eskimo languages and Aleut. Its existence is known through similarities in Eskimo and Aleut. The existence of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut is generally accepted among linguists. It was for a long time true that no linguistic reconstruction of Proto–Eskimo-Aleut had yet been produced, as stated by Bomhard . Such a reconstruction was offered by Knut Bergsland in 1986.
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  • Proto-Eskimo-Aleut language
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