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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

25

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Language Information By Source

Native languages of Alaska
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

25

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

400

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Alaska, USA

Coordinates

65.157778, -149.37;64.521111, -146.980556;64.558056,-149.090556

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

15

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

64.605,-149.0625

Location description

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

64.605,-149.0625

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

380

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers and the ethnic population come from M. Krauss (1995).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

Central Alaska, Tanana river below Fairbanks, Nenana, and Minto.

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Central Alaska, Tanana river below Fairbanks, Nenana, and Minto.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

15

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

400

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

15 (Krauss 2007). Ethnic population: 400 (Krauss 2007).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA: Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~30

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

all native speakers (about 30)

Ethnic Population

384

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

Nenana and Minto.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Nenana and Minto.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

all elderly

Ethnic Population

380

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

65.0,-150.0

Location description

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