Atkan Aleut school grammar

Anchorage: National bilingual materials development center, Rural Education University of Alaska, 1981. — 8; 168 p.This is a tentative grammar, designed for use in the high school of Atka and for other people interested in the Aleut language. It does not pretend to cover all the features or rules of Atkan Aleut, only what we think are the most important for the young Aleuts to keep up the language for the future. The grammar presupposes reading knowledge of Atkan Aleut but really no previous knowledge of grammar in general. The rules are given in as simple language as possible, with a minimum of technical terminology, and to illustrate the rules the simplest possible examples are used. Grammar, however, is an abstract matter, so to be of any benefit even the present simple exposition will demand work and concentration.