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Tlingit

A language of United States

ISO 639-3: tli

Population	1,200 in United States (2000 census), decreasing. Population total all countries: 1,430. Ethnic population: 10,000 in the USA (1995 M. Krauss).
Region	Southeast Alaska, Yakutat south to the Canadian border at Portland Canal. Also in Canada.
Language map	United States of America, Alaska and Hawaii
Alternate names	Thlinget, Tlinkit
Classification	Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Tlingit
Language use	Mainly older adults. Also use English.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1969.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Growing interest in the language among the population. SOV. Fishermen; lumbermen.

Also spoken in:

Canada

Language name	Tlingit
Population	230 in Canada (2001 census). Ethnic population: 1,000 in Canada (Krauss 1995).
Region	Northwest British Columbia, Atlin; southern Yukon, Carcross, Teslin.
Language map	Canada
Alternate names	Thlinget, Tlinkit
Language use	Older adults. Also use English.
Language development	Taught in primary schools.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

NAISH, Constance M., author. 1963. English—Tlingit dictionary (nouns).

NAISH, Constance M., author. 1966. A syntactic study of Tlingit.

NAISH, Constance M., author. 1979. A syntactic study of Tlingit.

NAISH, Constance M.; STORY, Gillian L., authors. 1963. "The Lord is my goat hunter."

NAISH, Constance M.; STORY, Gillian L., compilers. 1973. Tlingit verb dictionary (Part 1: English-Tlingit; Part 2: Tlingit-English).

STORY, Gillian L., author. 1966. A morphological study of Tlingit.

STORY, Gillian L., author. 1979. A morphological study of Tlingit.

Vernacular Publications

Tlingit reading book, one. 1962.

Tlingit reading book, two. n.d.