Endangered Languages Project - Koyukon

Koyukon

^{[aka Denaakk'e, Ten'a]}

Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Denaakk'e, Ten'a
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Dene (Athabaskan)
ORTHOGRAPHY		yes
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		koy
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Upper Central Lower
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"The name Koyukon is not Koyukon in origin or Athabaskan at all; it comes through a Russian spelling for an Eskimo term that a Russian trader decided for no clear reason to apply to the Koyukuk River." (Krauss 2000)

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Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300

DATE OF INFO: 2007

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

PLACES: Alaska, USA

PLACES: Alaska, USA

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2300
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
300 (Golla 2007). 300 (1995 M. Krauss); 100 (2000 census). Ethnic population: 2300 (Golla 2007).

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Older adults only

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

PLACES: Alaska, USA

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Alaska: Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers.

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
273
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2037
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
This figure does not include speakers residing in the urban centers of Fairbanks and Anchorage.

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
Scripts (Writing system): yes
More on Orthography: The Koyukon practical orthography makes use of the characters of the English alphabet, with the addition of two non-standard characters, barred-l and barred-u.

PLACES: Alaska, USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Koyukon Athabaskan is spoken on the middle Yukon, the Koyukuk, and lower Tanana rivers in northwestern Alaska ... in a territory that covers in the historic period approximately 78,000 square miles." Lower dialect: Kaltag, Nulato; Central Dialect: Koyukuk, Huslia, Galena, Ruby, Tanana, Rampart, Hughes, Allakaket; Upper Dialect: Tanana, Rampart, Stevens Village, Beaver, Bearpaw.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300

PLACES: Alaska, USA

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Alaska, USA

PLACES: Alaska, USA

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
100 (2000 census), decreasing. Krauss (1995) listed 300. Ethnic population: 2,300 (1995 M. Krauss).

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: USA; Alaska

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Alaska, Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

64.881667, -157.704444

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66.3375,-151.1608

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66.3375,-151.1608

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Information from: “Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary” . Jules Jetté and Eliza Jones (2000) Alaska Native Language Center