Tlingit

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Alaska: Carcross-Tagish inland, Ketchikan south to Yakutat north.

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Canada

Language NameTlingit

User Population

2 in Canada (FPCC 2014). 7 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 400 (FPCC 2014).

Location

British Columbia province: Atlin; Yukon territory: Carcross, Teslin.

Alternate Names

Inland Tlingit, Kolosch, Kolosh, Thlinget, Tlinkit, Łingít

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Carcross/Tagish, Kwanlin Dun, Taku River Tlingit, Teslin Tlingit.

Language Use

Elderly only. All shifted to English [eng]. Used as L2 by Tagish [tgx].

Language Development

Practical writing system developed in the 1960s.

Other Comments

Rich documentation of Tlingit literature and oratory in publications by Nora and Richard Dauenhauer (Golla 2007).