Tlingit

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
tli
Alternate Names
Kolosch, Kolosh, Thlinget, Tlinkit
Population

500 in United States (Golla 2007), decreasing. Population total all countries: 630. Ethnic population: 10,000 in the United States (1995 M. Krauss).

Location

Yakutat north to Ketchikan south; inland, Carcross-Tagish. Also in Canada.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Language isolate
Typology

SOV

Language Use

Mainly older adults, no children. English [eng] is L1 or L2.

Language Development
Practical writing system developed in the 1960s. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1969.
Writing
Cyrillic script. Latin script.
Other Comments

Rich documentation of Tlingit literature and oratory in publications by Nora and Richard Dauenhauer (Golla 2007).

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