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Name:
Koyukon
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kuyukon; Koyukukhotana; Ten'a
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
100 (2000 census), decreasing. Krauss (1995) listed 300. Ethnic population: 2,300 (1995 M. Krauss)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
150
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
300
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
koy
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian)
Parent Subgroup:
Koyukon-Ingalik; Ingalik-Koyukon (inko)
Brief Description:
"Koyukon is the Athabaskan language of 11 villages along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers of central Alaska, the most widespread Athabaskan language in the state. It is spoken in three dialects, Upper, Central, and Lower. About 300 speak the language, out of a total population of about 2,300. Koyukon was painstakingly documented by the Jesuit missionary Jules Jetté in the early twentieth century." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 17
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Koyukon
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