Lower Tanana language
E353075
Native American language
Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
indigenous language of North America
The Lower Tanana language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Tanana people in the interior region of Alaska.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lower Tanana language canonical | 2 |
| Tanana language | 2 |
| Toghotili (Lower Tanana Athabascan) | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Lower Tanana Athabaskan
ⓘ
Lower Tanana Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Tanana Dene
|
| classification |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Koyukon language
ⓘ
Lower Tanana language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tanana language
Upper Tanana language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangeredStatus | moribund ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tanana people ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspectual distinctions in verbs
ⓘ
obligatory verb agreement ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
prefixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
polysynthetic language
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | taa ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Dene languages ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| languageFamilyBranch | Alaskan Athabaskan ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Subarctic linguistic area ⓘ |
| region | interior Alaska ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts | community-based language programs in Alaska ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Tanana River ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| traditionalCommunity |
Chena River State Recreation Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Chena River region
Minto, Alaska ⓘ Nenana ⓘ
surface form:
Nenana, Alaska
|
| traditionalSpeakers | Tanana people ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tanana communities in interior Alaska ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tanana language
this entity surface form:
Toghotili (Lower Tanana Athabascan)
this entity surface form:
Tanana language