Koyukon language

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The Koyukon language is an Indigenous Athabaskan language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska, particularly along the middle Yukon River.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Koyukon language canonical 6
Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary 1
Koyukon Athabaskan language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
Indigenous language of North America
Native American language
Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
belongsTo Alaskan Athabaskan
surface form: Alaskan Athabaskan languages
closelyRelatedTo Dena’ina language
Gwich’in language
surface form: Gwichʼin language

Koyukon-Athabaskan languages
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalArea Subarctic
documentedBy Eliza Jones
James Kari
Jules Jetté
ethnicGroup Koyukon
hasAlternativeName Denaakk’e
Koyukon Athabaskan
hasDialect Koyukon
surface form: Central Koyukon

Koyukon
surface form: Lower Koyukon

Koyukon
surface form: Upper Koyukon
hasDictionary Koyukon Athabaskan
surface form: Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
hasGlottocode koyu1237
hasGrammarDescription Koyukon Athabaskan grammar
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing verb morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages
tonal contrasts in some analyses
hasSOVOrder yes
languageCodeISO639-2 koy
languageCodeISO639-3 koy
numberOfSpeakers a few hundred speakers or fewer
partOf Na-Dene
surface form: Na-Dene language family
region Yukon River
surface form: Yukon River basin
revitalizationEffort community language classes
documentation and archiving projects
school-based language programs in Alaska
spokenAlong middle Yukon River
spokenBy Koyukon people
spokenIn Alaska
interior Alaska
status severely endangered
subfamilyOf Athabaskan
surface form: Athabaskan languages
usedFor ceremonial contexts
oral history
traditional stories
usesOrthographyDevelopedBy J. P. Harrington
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Athabaskan languages hasMember Koyukon language
Koyukon hasResource Koyukon language
this entity surface form: Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
Gwich’in language closelyRelatedTo Koyukon language
this entity surface form: Upper Koyukon language
Lower Tanana language closelyRelatedTo Koyukon language
Dena’ina language closelyRelatedTo Koyukon language
Jules Jetté studied Koyukon language
this entity surface form: Koyukon Athabaskan language
Eliza Jones fieldOfWork Koyukon language
Eliza Jones studied Koyukon language
Eliza Jones relatedTo Koyukon language
subject surface form: Athabaskan linguistic heritage