Back Tanana (langue) French Oner-Tanana spriak FRR Tanana jezik Croatian АскӀан танана чӀал LEZ Tanana (språk) NB Lenga tanana, lower PMS Língua tanana inferior Portuguese Нижний танана Russian Aşağı Tananaca Turkish
| Lower Tanana | |
|---|---|
| Menhti Kenaga | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River) |
| Ethnicity | 400 Tanana (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 1 (2020)[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
| |
| Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Alaska[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | taa |
| Glottolog | lowe1425 |
| ELP | (Lower) Tanana |
Lower Tanana (also Tanana and/or Middle Tanana) is an endangered language spoken in Interior Alaska in the lower Tanana River villages of Minto and Nenana. Of about 380 Tanana people in the two villages, about 30 still speak the language. As of 2010, “Speakers who grew up with Lower Tanana as their first language can be found only in the 250-person village of Minto.”[3] It is one of the large family of Athabaskan languages, also known as Dené.
The Athabaskan (or Dené) bands who formerly occupied a territory between the Salcha and the Goodpaster rivers spoke a distinct dialect that linguists term the Middle Tanana language.
- ^ a b "ANLPAC 2020 Report to the Governor and Legislature" (PDF). commerce.alaska.gov. 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Chappell, Bill (April 21, 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Christopher Eshleman (November 9, 2010). "Neal Charlie dies at 91. Minto elder, former chief kept language culture alive". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
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