Tlingit
E9440
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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tlingit canonical | 43 |
| Tlingit language | 18 |
| Tlingit culture | 2 |
| Chilkat Tlingit | 1 |
| Inland Tlingit | 1 |
| Northern Tlingit | 1 |
| Southern Tlingit | 1 |
| Tlingit (in Canadian context) | 1 |
| Tlingit people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tlingit Context triple: [Alaska, recognizedIndigenousLanguages, Tlingit]
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A.
Alutiiq
Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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C.
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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D.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
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E.
Aymara
Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tlingit Target entity description: 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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A.
Alutiiq
Alutiiq is an Indigenous language of the Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people of south-central coastal Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding regions.
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B.
Inupiaq
Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.
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C.
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Central Alaskan Yup’ik is an Indigenous Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by the Yup’ik people of western and southwestern Alaska.
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D.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.
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E.
Wampanoag language
The Wampanoag language is an Algonquian Native American language of the northeastern United States that has been the focus of significant revitalization efforts after having no native speakers for many generations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Subject: Tlingit Description of subject: Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.