Dena’ina language

E350021

Athabaskan language Indigenous language of North America endangered language

The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Denaʼina language	5
Dena’ina language canonical	3
Dena’inaq’	1
Dena’inaq’ language	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ahtna language ⓘ Deg Xinag language ⓘ Koyukon language ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroup	Dena’ina people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Tanaina language ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling	Dena’ina language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dena’inaq’ language
hasDialects	Dena’ina people ⓘ surface form: Inland Dena’ina Lower Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ Lower Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ surface form: Outer Inlet Dena’ina Upper Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verb templates ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasNotableResearcher	James Kari ⓘ Joan M. Tenenbaum ⓘ
hasNotableSpeaker	Peter Kalifornsky ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant-rich inventory ⓘ toneless ⓘ
hasResource	dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts	community language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ university-based courses ⓘ
ISO639-3	tfn ⓘ
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
languageOf	Denaʼina ⓘ surface form: Dena’ina Ełnena (Dena’ina homeland)
nativeName	Dena’ina language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dena’inaq’
region	Cook Inlet ⓘ surface form: Cook Inlet region Southcentral Alaska ⓘ surface form: south-central Alaska
spokenIn	Anchorage area ⓘ Iliamna, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Iliamna Lake region Kenai Peninsula ⓘ Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ⓘ surface form: Lake Clark region
status	severely endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
taughtAt	Kenai Peninsula College ⓘ University of Alaska Anchorage ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial speech ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ place names in south-central Alaska ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script