Endangered Languages Project - Dena'ina

Dena'ina

^{[aka K'naia-khotana, Tanaina, Kinayskiy]}

Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		K'naia-khotana, Tanaina, Kinayskiy
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan,
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tfn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,000

DATE OF INFO: 2007

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Alaska

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Alaska

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
900
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (Krauss 1997). Ethnic population: 900 (Krauss 1997); 40 (2000 census).
(Unchanged 2016 [Golla 2007].)

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: USA;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: South Alaska around Cook Inlet and adjacent area

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~75
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~900

PLACES: Alaska

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Cook Inlet area of southern Alaska. Distinct local dialects are associated with the Kenai Peninsula, the Upper Inlet area above Anchorage, and coastal and inland areas of the west side of Cook Inlet.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

63.3422,-148.8647

COORDINATES

63.3422,-148.8647

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge