Tagish

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
tgx
Alternate Names
Dene K’e
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last known fluent speaker, Lucy Wren, died in 2008. Ethnic population: 400 (Krauss 1997).

Location

Yukon territory: some at Carcross.

Language Status

9 (Dormant). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Carcross/Tagish, Kwanlin Dun.

Classification
Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan, Tahltan
Language Use

All shifted to English [eng]. All shifted to Tlingit [tli].

Language Development

There is some community interest in relearning the language (Golla 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tagish
Other Comments

Tagish label also applied to inland Tlingit.