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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.

Upper Kuskokwim
Dinakʼi
Native to	United States
Region	Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River)
Ethnicity	160 Upper Kuskokwim (2007)[1]
Native speakers	<5 (2020)[2]
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Upper Kuskokwim
Writing system	Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Alaska[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kuu
Glottolog	uppe1438
ELP	Upper Kuskokwim
Upper Kuskokwim is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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.[4][5]

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)

References

Links

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

На других языках

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- [en] Upper Kuskokwim language

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[fr] Kolchan

Le kolchan, goltsan, haut kuskokwim ou dinak’i (autonyme : dinak’i), est une langue athapascane, parlée en Alaska et dans le nord-ouest du Canada, au Yukon. C'est une des vingt langues autochtones officielles de l'Alaska aux côtés de l'anglais.

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[ru] Верхнекускоквимский язык

Верхнекускоквимский относится к северному ареалу атабаскской языковой семьи. Это один из 11 атабаскских языков, распространённых на Аляске. В начале 60-х годов М. Краусс и Р. Коллинз определили, что верхнекускоквимский является отдельным языком наряду с соседними языками той же языковой семьи, такими как коюкон, дена’ина, ингалик и танана.

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