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 (5)

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

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Referenced by (13)

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
Huslia, Alaska → traditionalLanguageRegion → Koyukon language ⓘ
Nulato, Alaska → traditionalLanguageRegion → Koyukon language ⓘ
Hughes, Alaska → indigenousLanguageRegion → Koyukon language area ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon language
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan → relatedTo → Koyukon language ⓘ