Proto-Inupik: *ạɣlą-ɣ- (-ʁ-)
Meaning: letter, decorative drawing 1, to write 2
Russian meaning: буква, завитушка 1, писать 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: aɣlak 1, aɣlak- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq aɣláq 'tattoo', aɣláqtoq 2, W aɣʎąktoq* 2
North Alaskan Inupik: aɣlak 1, aɣlak- 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl aɣʎąktoq* 2
WCI Dialects: M aɣʎąktoq* 2, Sig aɣlak- 2, aɣlait pl. 'letters'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: allaq 1, alla(k)-, alla(q)- 2
Greenlandic Inupik: aɫɫak (agdlak*) 'stripe, pattern', aɫɫaɣ- (agdlagpoq*) 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 19
