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.

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Generate an image of Tlingit (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 (100)

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