Tanacross
A language of United States
| Population | 35 (1997 G. Holton). 3 in Healy Lake dialect, 32 in Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Ethnic population: 120 (1997 G. Holton). |
| Region | East Alaska, near Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tok. |
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United States of America, Alaska and Hawaii |
| Dialects | Healy Lake, Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Little dialect variation. Mansfield-Ketchumstuck is the most important politically and numerically. Most similar to Upper Tanana [tau], but they have different tone systems. |
| Classification | Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Tanana-Upper Kuskokwim, Tanana |
| Language use | Only between older adults in the home. Also use English or Upper Tanana [tau]. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Recognized as a distinct language in the 1970s. Tonal. Nearly extinct. |
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