Also Known As:
Tlinkit, Thlinget, Inland Tlingit, Lingit, Kolosch, Kolosh
Dialects & Varieties
- Tongass
- Southern Sanya
- Southern Henya
- Transitional
- Northern
- Inland
Recent Resources
Online new article from the Indian Country Today Media Network, by ICTMN staff, dated September 16,
Tlingit is spoken in Southeast Alaska and Western Canada by less than 140 speakers.
This is a facebook page dedicated to teaching and speaking Tlingit.
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1430
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Crippen, James. 2013. "user suggestion."
Bibliography of Locations:
2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)