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Koyukon language information


Koyukon
Denaakkenaageʼ, Denaakkʼe, Dinaak̲'a
Pronunciationtəˈnæːqʼə
Native toUnited States
RegionAlaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River)
EthnicityKoyukon
Native speakers
65 (2015 census)[1]
Language family
Dené–Yeniseian?
  • Na-Dené
    • Athabaskan
      • Northern Athabaskan
        • Koyukon
Writing system
Latin
Official status
Official language in
Koyukon language Alaska[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3koy
Glottologkoyu1237
ELPKoyukon
Koyukon is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Koyukon (also called Denaakk'e) is the geographically most widespread Athabascan language spoken in Alaska.[3] The Athabaskan language is spoken along the Koyukuk and the middle Yukon River in western interior Alaska. In 2007, the language had approximately 300 speakers, who were generally older adults bilingual in English. The total Koyukon ethnic population was 2,300.[4]

  1. ^ "Koyukon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. ^ "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR.org.
  3. ^ University of Fairbanks, Alaska Native Language Center, http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ka/ Archived 2011-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Krauss, Michael E. 2007. "Native languages of Alaska", In: The Vanishing Voices of the Pacific Rim, ed. by Osahito Miyaoko, Osamu Sakiyama, and Michael E. Krauss. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Table 21.1, page 408)

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