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Alaska Native Language Loses Last Fluent Speaker
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"The world and the Holikachuk Athabascan language suffered a great loss with the passing of Wilson 'Tiny' Deacon on March 10, 2012. He was 86. According to Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, he was the last fluent speaker of his language."

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2012

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USA

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Alaska: "now-abandoned village of Holikachuk on the Innoko River in interior Alaska"

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Alaska: "now-abandoned village of Holikachuk on the Innoko River in interior Alaska"

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5

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Year of info

2010

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USA

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64.2254,-155.3027

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Alaska

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Alaska

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA

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64.2254,-155.3027

Location description

Alaska

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Alaska

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6

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Ethnic Population

200

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(Golla 2007). (Unchanged 2016.)

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2015

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USA

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"Alaska, lower Yukon river, Grayling village."

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"Alaska, lower Yukon river, Grayling village."

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English [eng]

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6-7

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200

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Year of info

2007

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USA

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Alaska: Grayling, lower Yukon River. Group of speakers used to live "at Holikachuk on the Innoko River" (Golla 2007:50).

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Alaska: Grayling, lower Yukon River. Group of speakers used to live "at Holikachuk on the Innoko River" (Golla 2007:50).

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~200

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Holikachuk is intermediate between Ingalik and Koyukon, and was only identified as a separate language in the 1970s.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

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Alaska

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USA

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Severely Endangered

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12

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