Lower Tanana

E370899

Lower Tanana is an Athabaskan language of interior Alaska, closely related to Koyukon and traditionally spoken along the lower Tanana River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lower Tanana canonical 2
lower Tanana River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
classificationAuthority Ethnologue ⓘ
ISO 639-3 ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Koyukon ⓘ
Tanana language continuum ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endangermentStatus moribund language ⓘ
severely endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples
hasCulturalAssociation Athabaskan cultural traditions ⓘ
subsistence hunting and fishing communities ⓘ
hasDialect Minto dialect ⓘ
Nenana dialect ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch grammatical description ⓘ
lexicographic work ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some analyses ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort community-based language programs ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ
historicalStatus primary language of Lower Tanana communities ⓘ
isDocumentedBy linguistic fieldwork in Alaska ⓘ
isPartOf Tanana language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linguisticArea Subarctic linguistic area ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Gwichʼin ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in

Koyukon ⓘ
Upper Tanana ⓘ
region Tanana River basin ⓘ
linked to: Tanana River
shiftedTo English ⓘ
spokenAlong lower Tanana River ⓘ
linked to: Lower Tanana
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
interior Alaska ⓘ
subfamily Northern Athabaskan ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Lower Tanana people ⓘ
linked to: Tanana people
usedFor ceremonial speech ⓘ
everyday communication in traditional communities ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Koyukon → closelyRelatedTo → Lower Tanana ⓘ
Lower Tanana → spokenAlong → lower Tanana River ⓘ
linked to: Lower Tanana
Athabascan peoples → hasSubgroup → Lower Tanana ⓘ