Tanacross
Tanacross is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in United States. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Tanacross (also Transitional Tanana) is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken by fewer than 60 people in eastern Interior Alaska.
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Words in Tanacross
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tenteh* | |
| name | Suszi7* | |
| eye | sdax7* | |
| ear | scax7* | |
| nose | Sinchi* | |
| tooth | Sxu7* | |
| tongue | St8hul7* | |
| hand | SinLa7* | |
| blood | deł | |
| bone | t8en* | |
| skin | S8e8* | |
| knee | Skot* | |
| breast | Stu7* | |
| liver | S8et* | |
| water | tu | |
| fire | khon7* | |
| sun | sa* | |
| star | sen7* | |
| stone | t8he* | |
| mountain | d8eL* | |
| tree | cox* | |
| leaf | Ceta7* | |
| night | thed8* | |
| dog | Li* | |
| fish | Lug* | |
| louse | SZa7* | |
| one | ceLeg* | |
| two | Ltikhey* | |
| I | Sih* | |
| you | nen* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Upper TananaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit53% alike
- KaskaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit29% alike
- ChipewyanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit28% alike
- HanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit27% alike
- AhtenaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit27% alike
- Lower TananaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · tana1290 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tcb