Lower Tanana language
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(Lower) Tanana | ||
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Spoken in: | United States | |
Region: | Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River) | |
Total speakers: | 30 | |
Language family: | Dené-Yeniseian Na-Dené Athabaskan-Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan (Lower) Tanana |
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Writing system: | Latin (Northern Athabaskan variant) | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | ath | |
ISO 639-3: | taa | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Lower Tanana (also Tanana) is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken in Interior Alaska in the lower Tanana River villages of Minto and Nenana. Of about 380 Tanana people in the two villages, about 30 still speak the language.
[edit] Bibliography
- Charlie, Teddy. 1992. Ode Setl'oghwnh Da': Long After I Am Gone. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center. ISBN 1-55500-045-2
- Kari, James, Isabel Charlie, Peter John & Evelyn Alexander. 1991. Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- Tuttle, Siri. 1998. Metrical and Tonal Structures in Tanana Athabaskan. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.