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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

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

3,500

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Kodiak Island, Alaska Peninsula, Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound

Coordinates

57.793056, -152.394167

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s 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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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

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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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

58.1938,-155.6542

Location description

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

58.1938,-155.6542

Location description

No data

Government support

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Other writing systems

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

76

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

3,000 (In 1995)

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

76 (2000 census). US Census (2000) counts those who use the language in the home. Ethnic population: 3,000 (1995 M. Krauss).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

Alaska; Prince William Sound area, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, Cordova, a few in Valdez; Kenai Peninsula southwest coast, Cook Inlet entrance, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.

Government support

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Other writing systems

Alaska; Prince William Sound area, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, Cordova, a few in Valdez; Kenai Peninsula southwest coast, Cook Inlet entrance, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

3500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

200 (Dorais 2010). Ethnic population: 3,500 (Dorais 2010).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA: Alaska

Coordinates

No data

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

English

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

Upper part of the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island; on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

Government support

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Other writing systems

Upper part of the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island; on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound

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Other languages used

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

57.0,-157.0

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

Domains of Use

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