Koyukon

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Athabaskan language Dene language Native American language indigenous language of North America language

Koyukon is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Koyukon 1
Lower Koyukon 1
Upper Koyukon 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Dene language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Denaʼina ⓘ
Gwich’in ⓘ
surface form: Gwichʼin

Lower Tanana ⓘ
documentedBy Eliza Jones ⓘ
Jules Jetté ⓘ
endangeredStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Koyukon self-link ⓘ
geographicDistribution Koyukuk River ⓘ
surface form: Koyukuk River basin

middle Yukon River region ⓘ
glottocode koyu1237 ⓘ
hasAlternateName Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ
hasDialects Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Koyukon

Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Koyukon

Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Koyukon
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
prefixing ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tone-less ⓘ
hasResource Koyukon language ⓘ
surface form: Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3Code koy ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Athabaskan
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
Dene ⓘ
partOf Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form: Na-Dene language family
regionType subarctic ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs ⓘ
language classes in Alaska schools ⓘ
spokenAlong Koyukuk River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yukon River ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
spokenInRegion interior Alaska ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Alaska Natives ⓘ
surface form: Koyukon people
usedBy Koyukon communities in interior Alaska ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
subsistence-related knowledge transmission ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Koyukon → ethnicGroup → Koyukon self-link ⓘ
Koyukon → hasDialects → Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Koyukon
Koyukon → hasDialects → Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Koyukon
Koyukon → hasDialects → Koyukon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Koyukon
Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Koyukon ⓘ
Loucheux → neighboringPeoples → Koyukon ⓘ