Upper Kuskokwim language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Upper Kuskokwim |
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| Dinakʼi | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River) |
| Ethnicity | 160 Upper Kuskokwim (2007) |
| Native speakers | <5 (2020) |
| Language family |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Writing system | Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Alaska |
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The Upper Kuskokwim language (also called Kolchan or Goltsan or Dinak'i) is an Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené language family. It is spoken by the Upper Kuskokwim people in the Upper Kuskokwim River villages of Nikolai, Telida, and McGrath, Alaska. About 40 of a total of 160 Upper Kuskokwim people (Dichinanek’ Hwt’ana) still speak the language.
A practical orthography of the language was established by Raymond Collins, who in 1964 began linguistic work at Nikolai.
Since 1990s, the language has also been documented by a Russian linguist Andrej Kibrik.
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In Spanish: Idioma dinak'i para niños
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