Upper Kuskokwim language

Upper Kuskokwim
Dinakʼi
Native to	United States
Region	Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River)
Ethnicity	160 Upper Kuskokwim (2007)^[1]
Native speakers	40 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Upper Kuskokwim
Writing system	Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kuu`
Glottolog	`uppe1438`^[2]

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.

Bibliography

Alaska Native Language Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
Collins, Raymond and Sally Jo Collins. 2004. Dichinanek' Hwt'ana: A History of the people of the Upper Kuskokwim who live in Nikolai and Telida, Alaska. (Online: Alaska Native Language Archive item UK964C2004)

Athabaskan languages

Northern

Southern Alaskan	Ahtna Dena’ina

Central Alaska–Yukon	Deg Xinag Gwich’in Hän Holikachuk Koyukon Lower Tanana Northern Tutchone Southern Tutchone Tanacross Upper Kuskokwim Upper Tanana

Northwestern Canada	Dene Suline Dogrib Dunneza Kaska Sekani Slavey Tagish Tahltan

Central British Columbia	Babine–Witsuwit'en Chilcotin Dakelh

Other North Athabaskan	Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie Nicola Tsetsaut Tsuut’ina

Pacific Coast

California Athabaskan	Kato Hupa Mattole Tututni Wailaki

Oregon Athabaskan	Tolowa Upper Umpqua

Southern

Western Apachean	Chiricahua Mescalero Navajo Western Apache

Eastern Apachean	Jicarilla Lipan

Plains Apachean	Plains Apache

Italics indicate extinct languages

Languages of Alaska

Indigenous	Aleut Alutiiq Central Yup'ik Siberian Yupik Iñupiaq Tlingit Eyak Ahtna Dena’ina Deg Xinag Holikachuk Upper Kuskokwim Koyukon Lower Tanana Tanacross Upper Tanana Tsetsaut Hän Gwich'in Haida Tsimshian

Sign languages	American Sign Language

Non-Indigenous	English Spanish Ninilchik Russian

References

1 2 Upper Kuskokwim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Upper Kuskokwim". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Links

Upper Kuskokwim Language and Culture Preservation (website in development)
Dinak'i | Upper Kuskokwim Dictionary iOS app

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