Han
Häł gołan
Han is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in United States and Canada, by about 19 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Hän (alternatively spelled as Haen) (also known as Han-Kutchin) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Hän Hwëch'in (translated to people who live along the river, sometimes anglicized as Hankutchin). The Hän language is spoken and supported by the Hän nation across localized communities who, since time immemorial, have lived in what is today called the Upper Yukon region; The village of Eagle, Alaska, in the United States; the town of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, in Canada; as well as Fairbanks and Tanacross in Alaska.
From Wikipedia · Hän language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Han
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | TETe* | |
| name | zre* | |
| eye | Taww7* | |
| ear | cayy7* | |
| nose | cay* | |
| tooth | gho* | |
| tongue | tthu7* | |
| hand | la7* | |
| blood | dEw* | |
| bone | tth7Enn7* | |
| skin | dhEh* | |
| knee | got* | |
| breast | t7o7* | |
| liver | dhEt* | |
| water | chuu | |
| fire | kon7Tek7En* | |
| sun | sra* | |
| star | sEn7* | |
| stone | tthe* | |
| mountain | ddhäw | |
| tree | c7o* | |
| leaf | Th7Et7Enn7* | |
| night | tE* | |
| dog | łąyy | |
| fish | Lu* | |
| louse | zha7* | |
| one | ihLeyy* | |
| two | nEnkayy* | |
| path | tayy* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Lower TananaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit30% alike
- KaskaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit28% alike
- TanacrossAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit27% alike
- Upper TananaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit26% alike
- Upper KuskokwimAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit24% alike
- SlaveAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · hann1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · haa