Koyukon language

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The Koyukon language is an Indigenous Athabaskan language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska, particularly along the middle Yukon River.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Koyukon language canonical 6
Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary 1
Koyukon Athabaskan language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
Indigenous language of North America
Native American language
Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
belongsTo Alaskan Athabaskan languages
linked to: Alaskan Athabaskan
closelyRelatedTo Dena’ina language
Gwichʼin language
linked to: Gwich’in language

Koyukon-Athabaskan languages
country United States
culturalArea Subarctic
documentedBy Eliza Jones
James Kari
Jules Jetté
ethnicGroup Koyukon
hasAlternativeName Denaakk’e
Koyukon Athabaskan
hasDialect Central Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon

Lower Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon

Upper Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
hasDictionary Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
hasGlottocode koyu1237
hasGrammarDescription Koyukon Athabaskan grammar
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing verb morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages
tonal contrasts in some analyses
hasSOVOrder yes
languageCodeISO639-2 koy
languageCodeISO639-3 koy
numberOfSpeakers a few hundred speakers or fewer
partOf Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
region Yukon River basin
linked to: Yukon River
revitalizationEffort community language classes
documentation and archiving projects
school-based language programs in Alaska
spokenAlong middle Yukon River
spokenBy Koyukon people
spokenIn Alaska
interior Alaska
status severely endangered
subfamilyOf Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
usedFor ceremonial contexts
oral history
traditional stories
usesOrthographyDevelopedBy J. P. Harrington
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages hasMember Koyukon language
Koyukon hasResource Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
linked to: Koyukon language
Gwich’in language closelyRelatedTo Upper Koyukon language
linked to: Koyukon language
Lower Tanana language closelyRelatedTo Koyukon language
Dena’ina language closelyRelatedTo Koyukon language
Jules Jetté studied Koyukon Athabaskan language
linked to: Koyukon language
Eliza Jones fieldOfWork Koyukon language
Eliza Jones studied Koyukon language
Athabaskan linguistic heritage relatedTo Koyukon language
subject linked to: Eliza Jones