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Name:
Ahtna
Alternate Names:
Ahtena; Nabesna; Tanana; Ah-tena; Atna; Copper River; Mednovskiy; Ahtna (in French); Atna (in Spanish)
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
35 (2000 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 500 (Krauss 1995)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
25
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
80
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
aht
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian)
Parent Subgroup:
Ahtna (ahtn)
Brief Description:
"Ahtna is the language of eight communities along the Copper River and in the upper Susitna and Nenana drainages in south-central Alaska. The total Ahtna population is about 500 with perhaps 80 speakers." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Map of Ahtna
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