Dawson language
E349740
The Dawson language, also known as Hän, is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Hän people of the Yukon and Alaska regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dawson language canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Hän
ⓘ
Hän Hwëchʼin language ⓘ
surface form:
Hän Hwëch’in language
Hän language ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Yukon River ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gwich’in language
ⓘ
surface form:
Gwichʼin language
Upper Tanana language ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
ceremonial language
ⓘ
oral tradition language ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Hän Hwëch'in
ⓘ
surface form:
Hän Hwëch’in
|
| hasConsonantInventory | rich obstruent and sonorant system ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | hann1240 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | haa ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | small vowel system with length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| historicalContactWith |
English language
ⓘ
French ⓘ
surface form:
French language
Tlingit ⓘ
surface form:
Tlingit language
|
| languageFamily |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| morphology | prefixing verb morphology ⓘ |
| phonologyFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| primaryCommunity |
Dawson City
ⓘ
surface form:
Dawson City, Yukon
Eagle, Alaska ⓘ |
| region |
Alaska
ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
curriculum development ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Hän
ⓘ
surface form:
Hän people
|
| spokenIn | Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Athabaskan
|
| traditionalTerritory |
Fortymile River region
ⓘ
Klondike River area ⓘ
surface form:
Klondike River region
Yukon River region ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonies
ⓘ
songs ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.