Upper Tanana language

E350869

The Upper Tanana language is an endangered Northern Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Upper Tanana people of eastern Alaska and neighboring parts of Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Tanana language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
language
belongsToMacroArea North America
closelyRelatedTo Gwichʼin language
linked to: Gwich’in language

Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone

Southern Tutchone language
linked to: Southern Tutchone

Tanacross language
culturalRole carrier of Upper Tanana oral traditions
ceremonial language for Upper Tanana people
documentedBy linguistic fieldwork
endangermentStatus severely endangered
grammaticalType polysynthetic language
verb-centered morphology
hasAlternativeName Upper Tanana Athabascan
Upper Tanana Athabaskan
Upper Tanana Dene
hasDialect Beaver Creek dialect
Northway dialect
Scottie Creek dialect
Tetlin dialect
hasGlottocode uppe1395
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
tonal contrasts in some analyses
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
ISO639-3Code tau
isPartOf Alaska Native languages
Athabaskan language continuum
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan

Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene
region Yukon Territory
eastern Alaska
spokenIn Alaska
Canada
United States
Yukon
subclassOf Athabaskan language
Na-Dene language
linked to: Na-Dene
subjectTo language revitalization efforts
taughtAt local schools in Upper Tanana communities
traditionalLanguageOf Upper Tanana people
usedBy Upper Tanana communities in Beaver Creek
Upper Tanana communities in Northway
Upper Tanana communities in Scottie Creek area
Upper Tanana communities in Tetlin
Upper Tanana communities in Tok region
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages hasMember Upper Tanana language
Tanacross language closelyRelatedTo Upper Tanana language
Lower Tanana language closelyRelatedTo Upper Tanana language
Hän Hwëchʼin language closelyRelatedTo Upper Tanana language
Dawson language closelyRelatedTo Upper Tanana language
Hän language closelyRelatedTo Upper Tanana language