<font size="2"><font face="georgia,serif">More about the Alutiiq Language Program<br><br>Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 2:09 PMĀ <br>BY ELISABETH DUNHAM<br>USA<br><br>The nationally funded Alutiiq Language Program on Kodiak Island began documenting the area's native language about four years ago. <br>
<br>As part of the program, fluent elders and "semi-fluent" speakers are brought in to speak the language while staff members make digital and audio recordings. Elders also are helping to develop new words in the Sugpiaq language for modern things such as "computer," "cellphone" and "elevator" <br>
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