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Name:
Upper Tanana
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Nabesna; Tanana, Upper
Spoken in:
USA, Canada
Number of speakers:
14 in United States (2000 census). Population total all countries: 24. Ethnic population: 300 in the USA (1995)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
55
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
115
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tau
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian)
Parent Subgroup:
Tanana; Tanana-Upper Kuskokwim (tauk)
Brief Description:
"Upper Tanana is an Athabaskan language belonging to the Tanana series, spoken mainly in the Alaska villages of Norhtway, Tetlin, and Tok, but also in the Beaver Creek area of the Yukon. Each of these communities has a different local variety. The Alaskan population is about 300, of whom at most 100 speak the language." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 24
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Map of Upper Tanana
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