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Native languages of Alaska
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

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Speakers

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Ethnic Population

200

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Coordinates

63.658611,-144.065833; 63.988889,-144.708056; 63.376111,-143.356944

Location description

Spoken in Tanacross, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.

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Other writing systems

Spoken in Tanacross, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

64.2159,-145.9643

Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

64.2159,-145.9643

Location description

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Government support

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

35

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

120

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

3 in Healy Lake dialect, 32 in Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Speaker number and ethnic population data: 120 (G. Holton 1997).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA;

Coordinates

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Location description

East Alaska, near Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tok

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

East Alaska, near Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tok

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

60 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 220 (Golla 2007).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA: Alaska

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Location description

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Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other languages used

English, Upper Tanana [tau]

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~60

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

~220

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

The total population is about 220, of whom about 60 speak the language.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Location description

The name Tanacross Athabascan refers to the Native Language spoken by people living in the upper Tanana valley in the area of present-day Tanacross village, extending from around the community of Tok downriver to Healy Lake. Tanacross is the ancestral language of the communities of Mansfield Lake, Joseph Village, and Ketchumstuk.

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Other writing systems

The name Tanacross Athabascan refers to the Native Language spoken by people living in the upper Tanana valley in the area of present-day Tanacross village, extending from around the community of Tok downriver to Healy Lake. Tanacross is the ancestral language of the communities of Mansfield Lake, Joseph Village, and Ketchumstuk.

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  3. The Phonology and Morphology of the Tanacross Athabaskan Language
    Holton, Gary. The Phonology and Morphology of the Tanacross Athabaskan Language. PhD thesis, Santa Barbara: University of California, 2000. Online: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6806
    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6806
  4. Native languages of Alaska
  5. Na-Dene
    Krauss, Michael. 1973. "Na-Dene." In Linguistics in North America, edited by Thomas A. Sebeok. 10: 903-978. Mouton de Gruyter.
  6. Tanacross Learners' Dictionary: Dihtâad Xt'een Iin Anděg Dínahtl'ǎa'
  7. Tanacross Phrase and Conversation Lessons
    Arnold, Irene Solomon, Gary Holton and Richard Thoman. 2003. Tanacross Phrase and Conversation Lessons. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  8. Issues in Tanacross orthography
    Leer, Jeff. 1982. Issues in Tanacross Orthography. Ms, Alaska Native Language Archive. Online: http://www.uaf.edu/anla/item.xml?id=TC974L1982b.
    http://www.uaf.edu/anla/item.xml?id=TC974L1982b