Upper Tanana
E349734
Upper Tanana is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Tanana canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Upper Tanana Context triple: [Yukon Native Language Centre, focusLanguage, Upper Tanana]
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A.
Chena River
The Chena River is a tributary of the Tanana River in interior Alaska that flows through the city of Fairbanks and is central to its recreation, scenery, and occasional flooding.
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B.
Alsek River
The Alsek River is a major glacial-fed river in northwestern North America that flows through the Yukon and Alaska to the Pacific, renowned for its wild, remote character and world-class wilderness rafting.
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C.
Tanana River
The Tanana River is a major tributary of the Yukon River in central Alaska, known for flowing past the city of Fairbanks and playing a key role in the region’s ecology and transportation.
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D.
Aniak River
The Aniak River is a significant waterway in western Alaska that flows into the Kuskokwim River and supports local communities, subsistence activities, and salmon fisheries.
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E.
Matanuska River
The Matanuska River is a glacially fed river in southcentral Alaska known for its scenic valley, braided channels, and proximity to the Matanuska Glacier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Upper Tanana Target entity description: Upper Tanana is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
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A.
Chena River
The Chena River is a tributary of the Tanana River in interior Alaska that flows through the city of Fairbanks and is central to its recreation, scenery, and occasional flooding.
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B.
Alsek River
The Alsek River is a major glacial-fed river in northwestern North America that flows through the Yukon and Alaska to the Pacific, renowned for its wild, remote character and world-class wilderness rafting.
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C.
Tanana River
The Tanana River is a major tributary of the Yukon River in central Alaska, known for flowing past the city of Fairbanks and playing a key role in the region’s ecology and transportation.
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D.
Aniak River
The Aniak River is a significant waterway in western Alaska that flows into the Kuskokwim River and supports local communities, subsistence activities, and salmon fisheries.
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E.
Matanuska River
The Matanuska River is a glacially fed river in southcentral Alaska known for its scenic valley, braided channels, and proximity to the Matanuska Glacier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Native American language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gwich’in
ⓘ
surface form:
Gwichʼin
Hän ⓘ Tanacross ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Upper Tanana people ⓘ |
| glottologName | Upper Tanana self-link ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Upper Tanana Athabascan
ⓘ
Upper Tanana Athabascan ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Tanana Athabaskan
|
| hasDialect |
Healy Lake dialect
ⓘ
Northway dialect ⓘ Scottie Creek dialect ⓘ Tetlin dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | uppe1395 ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tau ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| partOf |
Alaska Native languages
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ
surface form:
First Nations languages of Canada
|
| region | Upper Tanana River region ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Yukon ⓘ eastern Alaska ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Upper Tanana communities in Alaska
ⓘ
Upper Tanana communities in Yukon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Subject: Upper Tanana Description of subject: Upper Tanana is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.
Referenced by (7)
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