Hän

E70177

Athabaskan language Indigenous language of North America Northern Athabaskan language endangered language

Hän is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Hän Hwëch'in people in parts of Yukon, Canada, and Alaska, USA.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hän canonical	10
Hän people	8
Hän culture	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
belongsToLanguageArea	Subarctic linguistic area ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gwich’in language ⓘ surface form: Gwichʼin language Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Upper Tanana language
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturallyAssociatedWith	Yukon River salmon fishing traditions ⓘ oral storytelling traditions ⓘ seasonal round of Hän Hwëchʼin people ⓘ traditional songs and ceremonies ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dawson language ⓘ Han ⓘ Hankutchin ⓘ Hän Hwëchʼin language ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry	Hän language ⓘ
hasGlottocode	hann1246 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	haa ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verb morphology ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages ⓘ tonal contrasts in some analyses ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ
isIndigenousTo	Hudson Bay region ⓘ surface form: Subarctic North America
isTaughtIn	some Yukon schools and community programs ⓘ
languageFamily	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages
languageStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
partOfCulturalHeritageOf	Hän Hwëch'in people ⓘ Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation ⓘ
region	Yukon River ⓘ surface form: Yukon River basin central Yukon ⓘ eastern Alaska ⓘ
revitalizationEffort	community-based language classes ⓘ documentation and recording projects ⓘ
spokenBy	Hän Hwëch'in people ⓘ
spokenIn	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska, United States Yukon ⓘ surface form: Yukon, Canada
subgroupOf	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
traditionalCenter	Dawson City ⓘ surface form: Dawson City, Yukon Eagle, Alaska ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf	Hän Hwëch'in people ⓘ
usedBy	Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation members ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Gwich’in → hasNeighboringLanguages → Hän ⓘ

Loucheux → neighboringPeoples → Hän ⓘ

Yukon Native Language Centre → focusLanguage → Hän ⓘ

Yukon Territory → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Hän ⓘ

Porcupine caribou herd → importantTo → Hän ⓘ