Alaskan Russian

Alaskan Russian, known locally as Old Russian, is a dialect of Russian, influenced by Eskimo–Aleut languages, spoken by Alaskan Creoles. Today it is prevalent on Kodiak Island and in Ninilchik (Kenai Peninsula), Alaska; it has been isolated from other varieties of Russian for over a century.

Kodiak Russian, was natively spoken on Afognak Strait until the Great Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964. It is now moribund, spoken by only a handful of elderly people, and is virtually undocumented.

Ninilchik Russian is better studied and more vibrant; it developed from the Russian colonial settlement of Ninilchik in 1847.

Vocabulary
Ninilchik Russian vocabulary is clearly Russian with a few borrowings from English and Alaskan native languages.

Here are some examples of Alaskan Russian from the village of Ninilchik:
 * Éta moy dom. 'This is my house'. (Modern Russian: Это мой дом.)


 * Aná óchin krasíwaya. 'She is very pretty'. (Она очень красивая.)


 * Aná nas lúbit. 'She loves us'. (Она нас любит.)


 * Éta moy mush. 'This is my husband'. (Это мой муж.)


 * Bózhi moy! 'My God!' (Боже мой!)


 * On moy brat. 'He is my brother'. (Он мой брат.)


 * U miné nimnóshka Rúskay krof. 'I have a little Russian blood'. (У меня немного русской крови.)