Koyukon language

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
שפת קויוקון
Name (Latin)
Koyukon language
Name (Arabic)
لغة كويوكون
Other forms of name
Denaakk'e language
Koyukuk language
Koyukukhotana language
Ten'a language
See Also From tracing topical name
Athapascan languages
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Alaska
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q28304
Library of congress: sh 85073216
Sources of Information
  • Tales from the Dena ... c1995:p. xvii.
  • Ethnologue:p. 48.
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 108.
  • Attla, C. Bekk'aatugh Ts'uhuney, 1996:p. viii (Koyukon (Denaakk'e, Koyukuk))
Wikipedia description:

Koyukon (also called Denaakk'e) is the geographically most widespread Athabascan language spoken in Alaska. The Athabaskan language is spoken along the Koyukuk and the middle Yukon Rivers in western interior Alaska. In 2007, the language had approximately 300 speakers, who were generally older adults and bilingual in English. The total Koyukon ethnic population was 2,300.

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