Koyukon Athabaskan

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Koyukon Athabaskan is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alternateName Denaakk’e ⓘ
Koyukon ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dena’ina language ⓘ
Gwich’in language ⓘ
Lower Tanana language ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup Koyukon ⓘ
glottocode koyu1237 ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Yukon-Koyukuk region cultures ⓘ
subarctic hunter-gatherer traditions ⓘ
hasDialects Central Koyukon ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon

Lower Koyukon ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon

Upper Koyukon ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy Eliza Jones ⓘ
Jetté and Jones ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasOrthographyDevelopedIn 20th century ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
isDocumentedIn dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
ISO639-3Code koy ⓘ
isTaughtIn some schools in Alaska ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
languageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
region Koyukuk River region in Alaska ⓘ
Yukon River basin in Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Yukon River
spokenBy Koyukon people ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
interior Alaska ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Koyukon → hasAlternateName → Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ
Denali → nameLanguage → Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ
subject linked to: North America’s highest peak
Galena, Alaska → hasIndigenousPeople → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
subject linked to: Galena
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukuk River → languageOfToponym → Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ
Koyukon language → hasDictionary → Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukon language → hasAlternativeName → Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ
Martin Sensmeier → ethnicGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Huslia, Alaska → predominantEthnicGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Nulato, Alaska → predominantEthnicGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Ruby, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Allakaket, Alaska → majorEthnicGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Kaltag, Alaska → predominantIndigenousGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Rampart, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Koyukon Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Koyukon Athabaskan
Koyukuk, Alaska → languageTraditionallySpoken → Koyukon Athabaskan ⓘ