Upper Kuskokwim language
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| Upper Kuskokwim, Kolchan | ||
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| Spoken in: | United States | |
| Region: | Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River) | |
| Total speakers: | 40 | |
| Language family: | Na-Dené Athabaskan-Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Central Alaska-Yukon Upper Kuskokwim, Kolchan |
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| Writing system: | Latin (Northern Athabaskan variant) | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ath | |
| ISO 639-3: | kuu | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Upper Kuskokwim language (also called Kolchan, Goltsan, and McGrath Ingalik) is an Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené language family. It is spoken in the Upper Kuskokwim River villages of Nikolai, Telida and McGrath, Alaska. About 40 of a total of 160 Upper Kuskokwim people still speak the language. A practical orthography of the language was established by Raymond Collins, who in 1964 began linguistic work at Nikolai.
[edit] Bibliography
- Alaskan Native Language Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
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