Kaska language

Kaska language

Kaska is an Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska people in the southeastern Yukon territory and northern British Columbia in Canada.

ee also

*Tahltan language

References

* [http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/YNLCinfo/Kaska.html Yukon Native Language Centre]
* [http://kaskadenacouncil.com Kaska Dena Council]

Further reading


* Kaska Tribal Council. "Guzāgi k'ū́gé': our language book : nouns : Kaska, Mountain Slavey and Sekani". [Watson Lake, Yukon] : Kaska Tribal Council, 1997. ISBN 0968202209

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