Alaska Native Language Center

The Alaska Native Language Center, established in 1972 in Fairbanks, Alaska, is a research center focusing on the research and documentation of the Native languages of Alaska. It publishes grammars, dictionaries, folklore collections and research materials, as well as hosting an extensive archive of written materials relating to Eskimo, North Athabaskan and related languages. The Center provides training, materials and consultation for educators, researchers and others working with Alaska Native languages. The closely affiliated Alaska Native Language Program offers degrees in Central Yup'ik and Inupiaq at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and works toward the documentation and preservation of these languages.

Language map

In 1974, Michael Krauss published a language map of Alaska, which he later updated in 1982. It has remained the standard since then. In the summer of 2011, the Alaska Native Language Center made an update to Krauss's map.[1] One of the biggest reasons for this update was that some of the names of these languages had changed over the years. While there was not a dramatic change in the updated map, the new edition is entirely digital.[2]

Alaska Native languages
LanguagePopulationSpeakersPercent Speakers
Ahtna50080%16.00
Aleut2,200300%13.64
Alutiiq/Sugpiaq3,000400%13.33
Dena'inaxxx
Deg Xinag27540%14.55
Eyak500%0.00
Gwich'in1,100300%27.27
Haida60015%2.50
Hän5012%24.00
Holikachuk20012%6.00
Inupiat13,5003,000%22.22
Koyukon2,300300%13.04
Tanana38030%7.89
Tanacross22065%29.55
Tlingit10,000500%5.00
Tsimshian1,30070%5.38
Upper Kuskokwim16040%25.00
Upper Tananaxxx
Yup'ik, Central Alaskan21,00010,000%47.62
Yupik, Siberian1,1001,050%95.45
  • Information in this table was retrieved from the Alaska Native Languages Center.
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See also

References
  1. Ben Anderson (2011-07-15). "Alaska's indigenous languages map gets updated, for first time in 30 years". Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  2. Gary Holton (2011). "Indigenous People and Languages of Alaska". Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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