Deg Xinag
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| Deg Xinag, Deg Hit’an | ||
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| Spoken in: | United States | |
| Region: | Alaska (lower Yukon River, Anvik River, Innoko River) | |
| Total speakers: | 15 | |
| Language family: | Dené-Yeniseian Na-Dené Athabaskan-Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Deg Xinag, Deg Hit’an |
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| Writing system: | Latin (Northern Athabaskan variant) | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ath | |
| ISO 639-3: | ing | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Deg Xinag language is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hit’an peoples in Shageluk and Anvik and at Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River in Alaska. About 15 out of a total population of about 275 Deg Hit’an people speak the language.
Engithidong Xugixudhoy (Their Stories of Long Ago), a collection of traditional folk tales in the Deg Xinag language by the elder Belle Deacon, was published in 1987 by the Alaska Native Language Center. A literacy manual with accompanying audiotapes was published in 1993.
[edit] External links
- Deg Xinag - Language of the Deg Hit'an
- Deg Xinag (ANLC)
- Rescuing a language: College course unites far-flung students and elders in an effort to save Deg Xinag
[edit] Bibliography
- Alaskan Native Language Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
- Ekada, Patricia J. "Athabascan Culture-From the Lower Yukon Area". Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
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