Koyukon

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Koyukon is an Athabaskan (Dene) language traditionally spoken by the Koyukon people of interior Alaska along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon rivers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Koyukon canonical 14
Central Koyukon 3
Lower Koyukon 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
Dene language
Native American language
indigenous language of North America
language
closelyRelatedTo Denaʼina
Gwichʼin
linked to: Gwich’in

Lower Tanana
documentedBy Eliza Jones
Jules Jetté
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Koyukon
geographicDistribution Koyukuk River basin
linked to: Koyukuk River

middle Yukon River region
glottocode koyu1237
hasAlternateName Koyukon Athabaskan
hasDialects Central Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon

Lower Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon

Upper Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone-less
hasResource Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary
linked to: Koyukon language
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
ISO639-3Code koy
languageBranch Northern Athabaskan
languageFamily Athabaskan
Dene
partOf Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
regionType subarctic
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs
language classes in Alaska schools
spokenAlong Koyukuk River
Yukon River
spokenIn Alaska
United States
spokenInRegion interior Alaska
subclassOf Northern Athabaskan language
traditionalSpeakers Koyukon people
linked to: Alaska Natives
usedBy Koyukon communities in interior Alaska
usedIn ceremonial contexts
subsistence-related knowledge transmission
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Koyukon
Loucheux neighboringPeoples Koyukon
Koyukon hasDialects Upper Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon hasDialects Central Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon hasDialects Lower Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon ethnicGroup Koyukon
Koyukon language ethnicGroup Koyukon
Koyukon language hasDialect Lower Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon language hasDialect Central Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon language hasDialect Upper Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Denaʼina relatedEthnicGroup Koyukon
Athabaskan includesLanguage Koyukon
Koyukon Athabaskan hasDialects Upper Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon Athabaskan hasDialects Central Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon
Koyukon Athabaskan hasDialects Lower Koyukon
linked to: Koyukon