Lower Tanana (also Tanana) is an endangeredAthabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska and adjacent areas of Canada'sYukon Territory. In 2000 there were fewer than 20 speakers, and the language was no longer being actively acquired by children. An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th) - Land 474,391 km² - Water 8,052 km² (1. ...
Bibliography
Charlie, Teddy. 1992. Ode Setl'oghwnh Da': Long After I Am Gone. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center. ISBN 1-55500-045-2
Kari, James, Isabel Charlie, Peter John & Evelyn Alexander. 1991. Lower Tanana Athabaskan Listening and Writing Exercises. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
Tuttle, Siri. 1998. Metrical and Tonal Structures in Tanana Athabaskan. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.
To the east is the language known by the geographic term Upper Tanana, spoken in the villages of Tetlin, Northway, Scottie Creek, Beaver Creek, and (formerly) Chisana.
Tanacross and Upper Tanana share a high degree of mutual intelligibility, though the tonal patterns (with the exception of the Tetlin dialect, which is apparently toneless) are reversed.
The is certainly true for the languages of the Tanana River drainages, which form a continuum extending from LowerTanana in the west (downriver) to Upper Tanana in the east (upriver).
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