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Deg Hit'an (also Deg Xinag, Deg Xit'an, Deg Hitan, Degexit'an, Ingalik, Ingalit, Inkaliten, Inkality, Kaiyuhkhotana) is a group of Athabaskan peoples in Alaska. The older name Ingalik and its derivatives are considered offense to the Deg Hit'an. Areas in which Athabaskan languages and Eyak and Tlingit are traditionally spoken Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western...
State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Official languages English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² 13. ...
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The Deg Hit'an speak a Northern Athabaskan language (also known as Deg Hit'an). State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Official languages English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² 13. ...
Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ...
Pre-contact distribution of Na-Dené languages (in red) Na-Dené (also Na-Dene, Nadene, Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit) is a Native American language family which includes the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit. ...
Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ...
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Links - Deg Xinag - Language of the Deg Hit'an
- Deg Xinag (ANLC)
- Rescuing a language: College course unites far-flung students and elders in an effort to save Deg Xinag
Bibliography - Alaskan Native Language Center. Alaskan Native Language Center website: http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/ (accessed July 24, 2005).
- 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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