Tagish
E350623
Tagish is an endangered Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of southern Yukon in northwestern Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tagish canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tagish people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tagish language
ⓘ
surface form:
Tagish Athabaskan
Tagish language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDomain |
ceremonial practices
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional place names ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentLevel | severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | tagi1240 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea |
Yukon Territory
ⓘ
surface form:
Yukon Interior
|
| hasMorphologicalType |
polysynthetic
ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Northern Tutchone
ⓘ
Southern Tutchone ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpeaker |
Angela Sidney
ⓘ
Annie Ned ⓘ Lucy Wren ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community language programs in Yukon ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Carcross
ⓘ
Tagish Lake area ⓘ |
| isCloseTo |
Northern Tutchone
ⓘ
Southern Tutchone ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ
surface form:
Tlingit language
|
| ISO639-3 | tgx ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Northern Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Athabaskan branch
|
| isRecognizedAs | First Nations language of Yukon ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy |
Government of Yukon
ⓘ
surface form:
Yukon government
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
|
| region |
Southwestern Yukon
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Yukon
|
| spokenBy | Tagish people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Yukon
ⓘ
northwestern Canada ⓘ southern Yukon ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.