Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
Unangax̂
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Lands
Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States
Countries United States
Facts 3
Today
Students in APIA's 2025 Unangam Tunuu Summer Language Intensive learned from Unangax̂ Elders, and APIA holds a weekly Unangam Tunuu Community Night in Anchorage.
As of 2025 Source: Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Unangam Tunuu Program (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Unangam Tunuu is a single language with eastern and western dialects that divide at Atka Island.
Source: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Languages - Unangam Tunuu / Aleut (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The name Unangax̂ means person and likely comes from una, a root that refers to the seaside.
Source: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Languages - Unangam Tunuu / Aleut (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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