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 Franz Boas
surface form: linguist Franz Boas

linguist Jeff Leer
linguist John R. Swanton
ethnicGroup Tlingit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tlingit people
glottocode tlin1245
hasCulturalDomain Northwest Coast art terminology
clan and kinship terminology
hasDialects Tlingit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Inland Tlingit

Tlingit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Tlingit

Tlingit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern 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 alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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 Southeastern Alaska
surface form: Alaska Panhandle

British Columbia
Yukon River
surface form: Yukon
spokenIn Canada
Pacific Northwest
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

United States of America
surface form: United States

Southeastern Alaska
surface form: southeastern Alaska

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

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

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