Tlingit

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Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
Na-Dene language
Native American language
endangered language
closelyRelatedTo Athabaskan languages (distantly)
Eyak (distantly)
documentedBy linguist Franz Boas
linked to: Franz Boas

linguist Jeff Leer
linguist John R. Swanton
ethnicGroup Tlingit people
linked to: Tlingit
glottocode tlin1245
hasCulturalDomain Northwest Coast art terminology
clan and kinship terminology
hasDialects Inland Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit

Northern Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit

Southern Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing verb morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant inventory
ejective consonants
tone or pitch accent distinctions
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes
documentation projects
immersion programs
university courses
hasSyntacticFeature head-marking
verb-final tendencies
hasWritingSystem Cyrillic script (historical/missionary use)
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

orthography developed in 20th century
influencedBy English (lexical borrowing)
Russian (historical contact)
ISO639-2 tli
ISO639-3 tli
languageBranch Tlingit branch of Na-Dene
languageFamily Na-Dene
region Alaska Panhandle
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

British Columbia
Yukon
linked to: Yukon River
spokenIn Canada
Pacific Northwest Coast
linked to: Pacific Northwest

United States
southeastern Alaska
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

western Canada
status severely endangered (few fluent speakers)
usedFor ceremonial speech
oral tradition
storytelling
traditional songs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (69)

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

Alaska indigenousPeoples Tlingit
Tlingit ethnicGroup Tlingit people
linked to: Tlingit
Tlingit hasDialects Northern Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit
Tlingit hasDialects Southern Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit
Tlingit hasDialects Inland Tlingit
linked to: Tlingit
Native Americans hasSubgroup Tlingit
Sitka hasHeritage Tlingit
Sitka knownFor Tlingit culture
linked to: Tlingit
Sitka indigenousPeople Tlingit
Tsimshian neighboringPeople Tlingit
Ketchikan hasEthnicHeritage Tlingit
Na-Dene hasLanguage Tlingit
Jeff Leer fieldOfWork Tlingit language
subject linked to: linguist Jeff Leer
linked to: Tlingit
Jeff Leer languageStudied Tlingit
subject linked to: linguist Jeff Leer
Indigenous languages of Canada hasLanguageIsolate Tlingit (in Canadian context)
linked to: Tlingit
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Tlingit
Alaska Natives includesLanguage Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Sheetʼká hasLanguage Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Sitka National Historical Park hasHeritage Tlingit culture
linked to: Tlingit
Saxman Totem Park languageContext Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Wrangell hasCulturalHeritage Tlingit
Sitaantaagu languageOfName Tlingit
Tongass people traditionalLanguage Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Alaska Native Language Center languageFamilyCovered Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Eyak relatedEthnicGroup Tlingit
Russian Alaska ethnicGroup Tlingit
Dené–Yeniseian languages involvesLanguage Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit
Lituya Bay hasNameOrigin Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit