HAA ISO 639-3
Han
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Autonym
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- haa
- Alternate Names
- Dawson, Han-Kutchin, Hän, Moosehide
- Autonym
- Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
- Population
- 12 in United States (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 50 (Golla 2007). Total users in all countries: 19.
- Location:
- Alaska: Eagle; Yukon river near Alaska-Canada border.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Native Village of Eagle.
- Classification
- Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan
- Typology
- 49 consonants, 14 vowels (long and short) and 7 diphthongs; tonal (4 tones - high, low, rising, falling).
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Taught in bush schools as an elective to native and nonnative children. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Dictionary.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Han
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- There is a Han textbook with tapes for teaching the language.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Yukon territory: Dawson City.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Han
User Population
7 in Canada (Krauss 1997). Ethnic population: 300.
Map
Location: Alaska: Eagle; Yukon river near Alaska-Canada border.
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