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Koyukon

Denaakk’e

Koyukon is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in United States, by about 300 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

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Koyukon · 65.6°N 154.2°W

Koyukon (also called Denaakk'e) is the geographically most widespread Athabascan language spoken in Alaska. The Athabaskan language is spoken along the Koyukuk and the middle Yukon Rivers in western interior Alaska. In 2007, the language had approximately 300 speakers, who were generally older adults and bilingual in English. The total Koyukon ethnic population was 2,300.

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Words in Koyukon

MeaningWordRomanization
persondina*
nameos*
eyenoxa7*
earcaxa7*
nosentsiy*
toothaxo7*
tongueLola7*
handlo7*
bloodlakona*
boneLin*
skinkiliL*
kneeaqut*
liverkoLona7*
watertoo
firehudalkun*
sunso*
starLon*
stonela7ona*
mountainLiL*
leafkiton*
nightLida*
dogLek*
fishtoka*
louseyo7*
oneketake*
twoniteke*
Ise*
younin*
wehun*
drinkkisinon*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Lower TananaSeward Alaska InupiatunUpper KuskokwimHolikachukDegexit'anHerschel Island Eskimo Trade JargonGwichʼinTanacrossDena'inaNorth Alaskan Inupiatun

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