Eyak
dAXunhyuuga'
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
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dAXunhyuuga' ~ New Li
Eyak dictionary
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"Eyak was the first of Alaska’s endangered languages to lose its last native speaker. Now, Eyak is about to become the first 'extinct' language in Alaska to come back to life."
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There is increasing interest in language learning, including regular video conference session and summer camps.
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"Marie Smith Jones (née Stevens) was the youngest Eyak speaker and is now, age 88, the last speaker of Eyak." In 1961 there were 6 speakers of Eyak: Anna Nelson Harry, George Johnson, Lena Saska Naktan, Marie Smith Jones, Sophie Borodin, and Mike Sewak.
2006
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Alaska, USA
60.526294,-145.6351157
Eyak territory extents from Cordova and the Copper River Delta along the Gulf of Alaska coast to Yakutat Bay.
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Eyak territory extents from Cordova and the Copper River Delta along the Gulf of Alaska coast to Yakutat Bay.
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Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker, passed away in 2008. No known L1 speakers.
2008
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Spoken in the 19th century along the south-central Alaska coast from Yakutat to the Copper River.
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Spoken in the 19th century along the south-central Alaska coast from Yakutat to the Copper River.
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"Last speaker died in January 2008. "Ethnic population: 50 (1995 M. Krauss)."
2015
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"Alaska, Copper river mouth."
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"Alaska, Copper river mouth."
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"Shifted to English [eng]."
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- IPY-Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languageshttp://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0732787&WT.z_pims_id=12816
- BBC news: Last Alaska language speaker dieshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7206411.stm
- The dAXunhyuuga' eLearning Placehttp://www.eyakpeople.com/
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