Endangered Languages Project - Tanacross

Tanacross

^{[aka Nee'anděg', Transitional Tanana,]}

Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Nee'anděg', Transitional Tanana
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Dene (Athabaskan)
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tcb
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Tanacross is the ancestral language of the Mansfield-Ketchumstock and Healy Lake-Joseph Village bands. It is spoken today at Healy Lake, Dot Lake, and Tanacross on the middle Tanana River. The name Tanacross derives from the English name Tanana Crossing, a ford on the Eagle Trail.

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Information from: “Native languages of Alaska” . Michael E. Krauss (2007) , Osahito Miyaoko and Osamu Sakiyama and Michel E. Krauss · Oxford University Press

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200

DATE OF INFO: 2007

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in Tanacross, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
120
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
3 in Healy Lake dialect, 32 in Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Speaker number and ethnic population data: 120 (G. Holton 1997).

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: USA;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Alaska, near Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tok

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, Alaska

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~60
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~220
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The total population is about 220, of whom about 60 speak the language.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Alaska

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken at Healy Lake, Dot Lake, and Tanacross on the middle Tanana River of central Alaska.

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Alaska

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
More on Orthography: A writing system was developed by the Alaska Native Language Center in 1973. A revised system which marks tone was developed by the Yukon Native Language Centre in 1994.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The name Tanacross Athabascan refers to the Native Language spoken by people living in the upper Tanana valley in the area of present-day Tanacross village, extending from around the community of Tok downriver to Healy Lake. Tanacross is the ancestral language of the communities of Mansfield Lake, Joseph Village, and Ketchumstuk.

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
60 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 220 (Golla 2007).

DATE OF INFO: 2007

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Only older adults in the home.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English
Upper Tanana [tau]

PLACES: USA: Alaska

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Alaska: Dot Lake, Tanacross, Upper Tanana area, Healy Lake, and Tok.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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63.658611,-144.065833; 63.988889,-144.708056; 63.376111,-143.356944

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64.2159,-145.9643

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64.2159,-145.9643

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Information from: “Native languages of Alaska” . Michael E. Krauss (2007) , Osahito Miyaoko and Osamu Sakiyama and Michel E. Krauss · Oxford University Press