Aleksey Yachmenev
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Aleksey Mironovich Yachmenev (1866–1937) was an Aleut chief who lived in Unalaska. Along with Leontiy Sivstov
, Yachmenev accompanied Waldemar Jochelson on his 1909-1910 ethnological studies on the Aleut.
His son, John Yatchmeneff, wrote down the texts for John P. Harrington's 1941 work on the Aleut language
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Leontiy Sivstov
Leontiy Ivanovich Sivstov was a church reader who lived in Unalaska. Along with Aleksey Yachmenev, who like Sivstov was Aleut himself, Sivstov accompanied Waldemar Jochelson on his 1909-1910 ethnological studies on the Aleut.-References:...
, Yachmenev accompanied Waldemar Jochelson on his 1909-1910 ethnological studies on the Aleut.
His son, John Yatchmeneff, wrote down the texts for John P. Harrington's 1941 work on the Aleut language
Aleut language
Aleut is a language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. It is the heritage language of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Commander Islands. As of 2007 there were about 150 speakers of Aleut .- Dialects :Aleut is alone with the Eskimo languages in the...
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