Han
[aka Han-Kutchin, Moosehide, Dawson]Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·critically endangered
Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·critically endangered
Han-Kutchin, Moosehide, Dawson, Hän |
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Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan |
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haa |
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Information from: “IPY-Documenting Alaskan and Neighboring Languages” . Michael E. Krauss (2007) National Science Foundation
English
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
40
7 in United States (Krauss 1995). All countries: 14. Ethnic population: 40 (2000 census).
Alaska, Yukon river near Alaska-Canada border, Eagle.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
350
USA: 12 (Golla 2007), ethnic population 50 (Golla 2007).
Canada: 7 in Canada (Krauss 1997), ethnic population 300.
Nearly extinct.
English
US: Alaska: Eagle; Yukon River near Alaska-Canada border.
Canada: Yukon territory: Dawson City.
Information from: “Alaska Native Languages: Population and Speaker Statistics” . Alaska Native Language Center (2014)
310
12 Alaska, 7 Canada. Population 60 Alaska, 250 Canada.
English
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
English
Information from: “North America” (1-96) . Victor Golla (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
A Han Language program has been in operation since 1991 at Robert Service School in Dawson City, and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (formerly the Dawson First Nation) sponsors an adult language class and organizes cultural gatherings.
A modern writing system was established in the 1970s
Spoken in the village of Eagle, Alaska, and in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO