Also Known As:
Kaska, Kaska Dena, Nahani, Caska, Eastern Nahane, Nahane
Dialects & Varieties
North America
Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
230-400
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Comments on speakers
"The Yukon Native Language Centre conducts annual Literacy Workshops and produces teaching and learning materials. Kaska is taught at schools in Watson Lake and Ross River in the Yukon, and at Lower Post and Good Hope Lake in British Columbia. In 1997 the Kaska Tribal Council, working with the linguist Pat Moore, published a two-volume topical noun dictionary" (Golla 2007:54).
Location and Context
Countries
Yukon, British Columbia
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Kaska is an Athabaskan language spoken by a few hundreds people in the southeastern Yukon Territory