Tlingit

E9440

Indigenous language Na-Dene language Native American language endangered language

Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Tlingit canonical	43
Tlingit language	18
Tlingit culture	2
Chilkat Tlingit	1
Inland Tlingit	1
Northern Tlingit	1
Southern Tlingit	1
Tlingit (in Canadian context)	1
Tlingit people	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous language ⓘ Na-Dene language ⓘ Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Athabaskan languages (distantly) ⓘ Eyak (distantly) ⓘ
documentedBy	Franz Boas ⓘ surface form: linguist Franz Boas linguist Jeff Leer ⓘ linguist John R. Swanton ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tlingit people
glottocode	tlin1245 ⓘ
hasCulturalDomain	Northwest Coast art terminology ⓘ clan and kinship terminology ⓘ
hasDialects	Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inland Tlingit Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Tlingit Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Tlingit
hasMorphologicalType	polysynthetic ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant inventory ⓘ ejective consonants ⓘ tone or pitch accent distinctions ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort	community language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ immersion programs ⓘ university courses ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	head-marking ⓘ verb-final tendencies ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Cyrillic script (historical/missionary use) ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script orthography developed in 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy	English (lexical borrowing) ⓘ Russian (historical contact) ⓘ
ISO639-2	tli ⓘ
ISO639-3	tli ⓘ
languageBranch	Tlingit branch of Na-Dene ⓘ
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ
region	Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska Panhandle British Columbia ⓘ Yukon River ⓘ surface form: Yukon
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: southeastern Alaska western Canada ⓘ
status	severely endangered (few fluent speakers) ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial speech ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

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

Alaska → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Tlingit ⓘ

Alaska → indigenousPeoples → Tlingit ⓘ

Pacific Northwest → indigenousPeoples → Tlingit ⓘ

Tlingit → ethnicGroup → Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit people

Tlingit → hasDialects → Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Tlingit

Tlingit → hasDialects → Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Tlingit

Tlingit → hasDialects → Tlingit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inland Tlingit

Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Sitka → hasHeritage → Tlingit ⓘ

Sitka → knownFor → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit culture

Sitka → indigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Tsimshian → neighboringPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Ketchikan → hasEthnicHeritage → Tlingit ⓘ

Ketchikan → traditionalLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasNotableNation → Tlingit ⓘ

Southeastern Alaska → hasIndigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Na-Dene → hasLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

linguist Jeff Leer → fieldOfWork → Tlingit ⓘ

subject surface form: Jeff Leer

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

linguist Jeff Leer → languageStudied → Tlingit ⓘ

subject surface form: Jeff Leer

Indigenous languages of Canada → hasLanguageIsolate → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit (in Canadian context)

Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Alaska Natives → includesLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Yukon Native Language Centre → focusLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

Yukon Territory → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Tlingit ⓘ

Sheetʼká → associatedEthnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Sheetʼká → hasLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Sitka National Historical Park → hasHeritage → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit culture

Alexander Archipelago → hasIndigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Saxman Totem Park → languageContext → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Saxman Totem Park → culturalGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Panhandle of Alaska → ethnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Mount Fairweather → localNameLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

Wrangell → hasCulturalHeritage → Tlingit ⓘ

Aak’wtaaksit → nameInLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

Sitaantaagu → hasNameInLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

Sitaantaagu → languageOfName → Tlingit ⓘ

Prince of Wales Island → indigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Admiralty Island → indigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Tongass people → traditionalLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Alaska Native Language Center → languageFamilyCovered → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Eyak → relatedEthnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Russian Alaska → ethnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed) → involvesLanguage → Tlingit ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

Alaska Native villages → ethnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Pelly River → hasNearbyIndigenousGroup → Tlingit ⓘ

Lituya Bay → hasNameOrigin → Tlingit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tlingit language

thunderbird → foundInTraditionsOf → Tlingit ⓘ

Sealaska Corporation → ethnicGroupServed → Tlingit ⓘ

Angoon, Alaska → hasIndigenousPeople → Tlingit ⓘ

Angoon, Alaska → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tlingit ⓘ