Tanacross | Ethnologue

A language of United States

ISO 639: tcb
Autonym: Nee’anděg’
Population: 60 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 220 (Golla 2007).
Location:: Alaska: Dot Lake, Tanacross, Upper Tanana area, Healy Lake, and Tok.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2014, Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended, Alaska Statute 44.12.310). Language of registered tribe: Healy Lake Village, Native Village of Tanacross, Village of Dot Lake.
Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan
Dialects: Healy Lake, Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Little dialect variation. Mansfield-Ketchumstuck is most important politically and numerically. Reportedly most similar to Upper Tanana [tau], but with different tone systems.
Typology: Tonal.
Language Use: Only older adults in the home. Shifted to English [eng]. Also use Upper Tanana [tau].
Language Development: Practical alphabet established in 1973. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tanacross
Writing: Latin script [Latn], practical alphabet was established in 1973, sometimes taught in school.
Other Comments: Recognized as a distinct language in the 1970s.

Location: Alaska: Dot Lake, Tanacross, Upper Tanana area, Healy Lake, and Tok.