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Also Known As:
K'naia-khotana, Tanaina, Kinayskiy
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
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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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Alaska Native Languages Population and Speaker Statistics. http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stat (accessed 1-8-2015).
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Alaska Native Languages Population and Speaker Statistics. http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stat (accessed 1-8-2015).