Upper Tanana
Upper Tanana is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in United States and Canada, by about 100 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Upper Tanana (also known as Tabesna, Nabesna or Nee'aanèegn') is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska, United States, mainly in the villages of Northway, Tetlin, and Tok, and adjacent areas of the Canadian territory of Yukon. In 2000 there were fewer than 100 speakers, and the language was no longer being acquired by children.
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Words in Upper Tanana
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tindeh* | |
| name | osi7* | |
| eye | ndaxN7* | |
| ear | TaxN7* | |
| nose | iThi* | |
| tooth | xu* | |
| tongue | t8huL* | |
| hand | La* | |
| blood | taL* | |
| bone | t8an* | |
| skin | 8uh* | |
| knee | kot* | |
| breast | Tehtadn* | |
| liver | 8at* | |
| water | tuu | |
| fire | khun7* | |
| sun | sa* | |
| star | san7* | |
| stone | t8he* | |
| mountain | t8aL* | |
| tree | To* | |
| leaf | ta7* | |
| night | thadn* | |
| dog | Li* | |
| fish | LuxN* | |
| louse | SZia7* | |
| one | TehLaxN* | |
| two | Lakhey* | |
| I | Sin* | |
| you | nan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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