Eyak language
E860141
The Eyak language is an extinct Na-Dené language once spoken by the Eyak people of south-central Alaska, now primarily documented through linguistic records and revitalization efforts.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan–Eyak language
ⓘ
Na-Dené language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| classificationDebate | part of proposed Dené–Yeniseian macrofamily ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | identity marker of Eyak people ⓘ |
| dateOfLanguageDeath | 2008 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Eyak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Na-Dené NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | eyak1241 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Eyak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLearningMaterials |
audio lessons
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pedagogical grammars ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDocumentation |
audio recordings
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dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Eyak alphabet ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
once spoken along the Gulf of Alaska coast
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once spoken along the lower Copper River ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | eya ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dené–Yeniseian hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tlingit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastNativeSpeaker | Marie Smith Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticResearchBy |
Jeff Leer
NERFINISHED
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Michael E. Krauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moreDistantlyRelatedTo | Tlingit language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Ahtna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alutiiq NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlingit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | contrastive tone absence ⓘ |
| preservationInstitution |
Alaska Native Language Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eyak Preservation Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | south-central Alaska ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community programs
ⓘ
language classes ⓘ online resources ⓘ |
| statusAccordingToUNESCO | extinct ⓘ |
| statusIn21stCentury | no native speakers but documented ⓘ |
| subfamily | Athabaskan–Eyak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | verb-final word order tendency ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dené–Yeniseian languages