Upper Kuskokwim language

Upper Kuskokwim language

Infobox Language
name=Upper Kuskokwim, Kolchan
states=United States
region=Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River)
speakers=40
iso1=
iso2= ath
iso3= kuu
familycolor=Dené-Yeniseian
fam2=Na-Dené
fam3=Athabaskan-Eyak
fam4=Athabaskan
fam5=Northern Athabaskan
script=Latin (Northern Athabaskan variant)

The Upper Kuskokwim language (also called Kolchan or Goltsan) is an Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené language family. It is spoken in the Upper Kuskokwim River villages of Nikolai, Telida, and McGrath, Alaska. About 40 of a total of 160 Upper Kuskokwim people still speak the language. A practical orthography of the language was established by Raymond Collins, who in 1964 began linguistic work at Nikolai.

Bibliography

* [http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/ Alaskan Native Language Center] . Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
* Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the world" (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).


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