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.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language → Indigenous language of North America → Northern Athabaskan language → endangered language →
belongsToLanguageArea	Subarctic linguistic area →
closelyRelatedTo	Gwichʼin language → Upper Tanana language →
country	Canada → 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	Subarctic North America →
isTaughtIn	some Yukon schools and community programs →
languageFamily	Athabaskan languages →
languageStatus	severely endangered →
partOfCulturalHeritageOf	Hän Hwëch'in people → Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation →
region	Yukon River basin → central Yukon → eastern Alaska →
revitalizationEffort	community-based language classes → documentation and recording projects →
spokenBy	Hän Hwëch'in people →
spokenIn	Alaska, United States → Yukon, Canada →
subgroupOf	Northern Athabaskan languages →
traditionalCenter	Dawson City, Yukon → Eagle, Alaska →
traditionalTerritoryOf	Hän Hwëch'in people →
usedBy	Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation members →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yukon Native Language Centre →	focusLanguage
Gwich’in →	hasNeighboringLanguages
Loucheux →	neighboringPeoples
Yukon Territory →	recognizedIndigenousLanguages