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

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ