Dena’ina language

E350021

The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Denaʼina language 5
Dena’ina language canonical 4
Dena’inaq’ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ahtna language ⓘ
Deg Xinag language ⓘ
Koyukon language ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dena’ina people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tanaina language ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Dena’inaq’ language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
hasDialects Inland Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people

Lower Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ
Outer Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ
Upper Inlet Dena’ina ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb templates ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasNotableResearcher James Kari ⓘ
Joan M. Tenenbaum ⓘ
hasNotableSpeaker Peter Kalifornsky ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant-rich inventory ⓘ
toneless ⓘ
hasResource dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts community language classes ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
university-based courses ⓘ
ISO639-3 tfn ⓘ
languageFamily Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
languageOf Dena’ina Ełnena (Dena’ina homeland) ⓘ
linked to: Denaʼina
nativeName Dena’inaq’ ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
region Cook Inlet region ⓘ
linked to: Cook Inlet

south-central Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
spokenIn Anchorage area ⓘ
Iliamna Lake region ⓘ
linked to: Iliamna, Alaska

Kenai Peninsula ⓘ
Lake Clark region ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
taughtAt Kenai Peninsula College ⓘ
University of Alaska Anchorage ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial speech ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
place names in south-central Alaska ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Natives → includesLanguage → Dena’ina language ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Denaʼina language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Tokositna Glacier → hasLanguageOrigin → Denaʼina language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Dena’ina language → nativeName → Dena’inaq’ ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Dena’ina language → hasAlternativeSpelling → Dena’inaq’ language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Pedro Bay, Alaska → primaryLanguageHistorically → Denaʼina language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Knik River → hasNameOrigin → Denaʼina language ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina language
Dena’ina people → language → Dena’ina language ⓘ
Koyukon Athabaskan → closelyRelatedTo → Dena’ina language ⓘ
Southern Alaska → hasIndigenousLanguage → Denaʼina language ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alaska
linked to: Dena’ina language
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan → relatedTo → Dena’ina language ⓘ