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Categories: Alaska Native tribes | Native American tribes | Native American languages of the Subarctic | Northern Athabaskan languages | Languages of the United States | Tonal languages | Endangered languages
Tanacross
Tanacross is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken near Tanana Crossing in Alaska. The name of the language is itself a contraction of Tanana Crossing, not a native term.
Tanacross is spoken by about 60 people, and is in danger of dying out. The linguist Gary Holton has compiled a grammar of Tanacross, at least preserving some of it for possible revival in the future.
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