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Encyclopedia > Eyak

Eyak is a Na-Dené language that was historically spoken in southern Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River.


Today, the language has only one surviving elderly speaker, Marie Smith. Because of the dying off of its native speakers, Eyak has become a poster child for the fight against language extinction.


The closest relatives of Eyak are the Athabaskan languages. The Eyak-Athabaskan cluster, together with Tlingit, forms a basic division of the Na-Dene language phylum.


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Eyak language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (400 words)
Eyak is a Na-Dené language that was historically spoken in southcentral Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River.
Eyak was also under pressure from its neighbors to the west, the Alutiiq eskimos of Prince William Sound, as well as some pressure from the Ahtna people of the Copper River valley.
Eyak and Tlingit culture began to merge along the Gulf Coast, and a number of Eyak speaking groups were absorbed by the Gulf Coast Tlingit populations.
Alaska Journal of Commerce: Eyak's new subsidiary thrives in its first year 02/16/04 (804 words)
Eyak is one of five village corporations in the Chugach region.
Eyak was named to honor the area's Eyak Natives, who as a group were decimated by disease and poverty as a result of the development of Cordova by peoples of European descent.
Eyak Natives are related to Athabascans who moved from the Interior to the coast near the mouth of the Copper River long ago, according to the AP Stylebook for Alaska.
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