Upper Tanana
[aka Nee'aanegn, Nabesna,]Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·critically endangered
Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·critically endangered
Nee'aanegn, Nabesna, |
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Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Dene( Athabaskan), |
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Paul Milanowski developed a writing system for Upper Tanana in the 1960s. |
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ISO 639-3 |
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tau |
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Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)
English
Northway, Tetlin, Scottie Creek (Alaska); Beaver Creek (Canada)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
300
US: 100 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 300 (Golla 2007). Total users in all countries: 110.
Canada: 10 in Canada (Krauss 1997). Ethnic population: 40 (Krauss 1997).
Mainly adults.
English
Used as L2 by Tanacross.
US: Alaska: upper Tanana river area, Northway, Tetlin, and Tot villages.
Canada: Yukon territory: Beaver Creek.
Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge
~300
The Alaskan population is about 300, of whom at most 100 speak the language.
Spoken mainly in the Alaska villages of Northway, Tetlin, and Tok, but also in the Beaver Creek area of the Yukon.
Information from: “North America” (1-96) . Victor Golla (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
The Milanowski orthography does not represent town. The YNLC orthography marks tone.
Alaskan villages: Northway, Tetlin, and Tok
Yukon: Beaver Creek
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
Alaska, Yukon
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
14 in United States (2000 census). Ethnic population: 300 in the USA (1995). 10 in Canada (Krauss 1995). Ethnic population: 40 (M. Krauss 1995).
USA: East central Alaska, upper Tanana River area. Canada: Southwest Yukon Territory, Beaver Creek.
East central Alaska, upper Tanana River area, Northway, Tetlin, and Tot villages.