New Yup'ik Dictionary available digitally

Last Fall the second, revised edition of the Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary appeared in print. Published by the Alaska Native Language Center, with support from the National Science Foundation, this massive volume represents a significant update to the original 1984 edition. With over 11,000 main entries it is a definitive reference for the language. The print volume can be ordered from the Alaska Native Language Center.

We're pleased to announce that the compiler, Steven Jacobson, has also agreed to make the dictionary available digitally. Searchable pdf file can be downloaded from the archive catalog at:

http://www.uaf.edu/anla/item.xml?id=CY972J2012

New version of Iñupiaq Dictionary available

The latest version of the North Slope Iñupiaq Dictionary, compiled by Edna Maclean, can be downloaded from the Archive as item IN(N)971M2011. This update includes a complete finderlist and also resolves font issues with previous versions.

Sealaska Heritage Insitute provides digital access to dictionaries

A while back I mentioned the publication of several new dictionaries by Sealaska Heritage Institute. I'm now happy to report that SHI is making digital versions in PDF format available for free download.

• Dictionary of Alaskan Haida (item HAA004L2010)
• Dictionary of Tlingit (item TL005E2009)

Alutiiq Dictionary updates

Updates to the Alutiiq Dictionary have been posted at item SU972L2011. The updates are in a tagged lexical file format, consisting of three text files for main entries, postbases, and enclitcs. These are raw files which can be used to feed into lexical database software such as Toolbox, Fieldworks, or TshwaneLex. The files will eventually feed into production of a printed Alutiq dictionary as part of the IPY Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languages project.

Updated version of Eyak dictionary available

Sample page from dictionary

Work continues entering Michael Krauss' 1970 Eyak Dictionary into a lexical database. Guillaume Leduey has just provided a new pdf file (323 pages) of the typeset version of the dictionary, produced using TshwaneLex software. This remains a work-in-progress, funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Over the next couple years the entire dictionary will be available in this format, as well as in a searchable, online database format.

You can access the current version at ANLA:
http://www.uaf.edu/anla/item.xml?id=EY961K2011

Online Dictionary Resources

Looking for a dictionary of an Alaska Native languages? Many dictionaries can be access online via ANLA or other websites. See the dictionaries page in the collections section of the ANLA site.

North Slope Iñupiaq Dictionary now available

After decades of work a near-final draft of North Slope Iñupiaq to English Dictionary (Iñupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivunniuġutiŋit) is now available in the archive. The dictionary was compiled by Edna Ahgeak Maclean. Completion of the project was supported by the National Science Foundation International Polar Year Project Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languages, PI Michael Krauss.

ANLA Item IN(N)971M2011