Koyukon
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Koyukon is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koyukon canonical | 14 |
| Central Koyukon | 3 |
| Lower Koyukon | 3 |
| Upper Koyukon | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T559353 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Koyukon Context triple: [Gwich’in, hasNeighboringLanguages, Koyukon]
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A.
Yukon
Yukon is a sparsely populated territory in northwestern Canada known for its vast wilderness, subarctic climate, and historic Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major waterway in northwestern North America that flows through Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, historically significant for transportation, Indigenous cultures, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
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C.
Sugpiaq
Sugpiaq are an Indigenous people of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding coastal regions, with a distinct Alutiiq language and maritime culture.
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D.
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River is one of Alaska’s longest rivers, flowing through remote western regions to the Bering Sea and serving as a vital transportation and subsistence lifeline for local communities.
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E.
Copper River
The Copper River is a major glacial-fed river in south-central Alaska known for its rich salmon runs, extensive delta, and dramatic canyon landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Koyukon Target entity description: 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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A.
Yukon
Yukon is a sparsely populated territory in northwestern Canada known for its vast wilderness, subarctic climate, and historic Klondike Gold Rush.
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B.
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major waterway in northwestern North America that flows through Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, historically significant for transportation, Indigenous cultures, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
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C.
Sugpiaq
Sugpiaq are an Indigenous people of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding coastal regions, with a distinct Alutiiq language and maritime culture.
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D.
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River is one of Alaska’s longest rivers, flowing through remote western regions to the Bering Sea and serving as a vital transportation and subsistence lifeline for local communities.
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E.
Copper River
The Copper River is a major glacial-fed river in south-central Alaska known for its rich salmon runs, extensive delta, and dramatic canyon landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Koyukon Description of subject: Koyukon is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers.
Referenced by (23)
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