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Native Speakers Worldwide

10,400

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Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,400

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

25,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

20,800

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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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

59.8889,-166.289

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

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

21,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

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No data

More on context

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No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

61.4387,-160.4882; 59.8889,-166.289

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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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

16,900

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

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

21,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska

Coordinates

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Location description

Alaska, Delta area, Nunivak Island, Unalakleet to Bristol Bay coast to Unalakleet on Norton Sound; inland along Nushagak, Kuskokwim, and Yukon rivers. Cup’ik used in Chevak, Alaska.

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Other writing systems

Alaska, Delta area, Nunivak Island, Unalakleet to Bristol Bay coast to Unalakleet on Norton Sound; inland along Nushagak, Kuskokwim, and Yukon rivers. Cup’ik used in Chevak, Alaska.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

25,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

10,000 (Dorais 2010), ethnic population 25,000 (Dorais 2010).

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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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~10,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Second-language speakers

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~21,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Alaska; Canada

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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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

64.0,-161.0

Location description

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Other languages used

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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