Extinct language spoken by the Tagish First Nations people of Yukon Territory, Canada
Tagish
Tā̀gish
Native to
Canada
Region
Northwest Territories, Yukon
Ethnicity
Tagish people
Extinct
2008, with the death of Lucy Wren[1][2]
Language family
Dené–Yeniseian?
Na-Dené
Athabaskan
Northern Athabaskan
Central Cordillera
Tagish
Writing system
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
tgx
Glottolog
tagi1240
ELP
Tagish
Tagish is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Tagish was a language spoken by the Tagish or Carcross-Tagish, a First Nations people that historically lived in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in Canada. The name Tagish derives from /ta:gizi dene/, or "Tagish people", which is how they refer to themselves, where /ta:gizi/ is a place name meaning "it (spring ice) is breaking up.[3]
The language is a Northern Athabaskan language, closely related to Tahltan and Kaska. The three languages are often grouped together as Tahltan-Kaska-Tagish; the three languages are considered dialects of the same language by some.[4] As of 2004, there was only 1 native fluent speaker of Tagish documented: Lucy Wren (Agaymā/Ghùch Tlâ).[5] She died in 2008.[6]
^"Lucy Wren • Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24.
^Tagish at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Yinka Déné Language Institute. (2006). The Tagish Language. https://www.ydli.org/langs/tagish.htm
^Alderete, J., Blenkiron, A., &Thompson, J. E. (2014). Some notes on stem phonology and the development of affricates in Tahltan (Northern Athabaskan). Ms., Simon Fraser University and Northwest Community College.
^Greenaway, J. (2006, November 08). Tagish First Voices Project. http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Tagish/welcome
^"Carcross elder steps forward to continue language work of mother and sister". Yukon News. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
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