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Holikachuk language

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Holikachuk
Doogh Qinag
Native to United States
Region Alaska (lower Yukon River , Innoko River )
Ethnicity Holikachuk
Extinct 2012, with the death of Wilson Deacon [1] or 2023 with the death of Mary Deacon [2] [3]
Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
  Alaska [4]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hoi
Glottolog holi1241
ELP Holikachuk

Holikachuk (own name: Doogh Qinag [5] ) is a recently extinct Athabaskan language formerly spoken at the village of Holikachuk ( Hiyeghelinhdi ) on the Innoko River in central Alaska . In 1962, residents of Holikachuk relocated to Grayling on the lower Yukon River . Holikachuk is intermediate between the Deg Xinag and Koyukon languages, linguistically closer to Koyukon but socially much closer to Deg Xinag. Though it was recognized by scholars as a distinct language as early as the 1840s, it was only definitively identified in the 1970s. [6] Of about 180 Holikachuk people, only about 5 spoke the language in 2007. [7] In March 2012, the last living fluent speaker of Holikachuk died in Alaska. [3]

James Kari compiled a short dictionary of Holikachuk in 1978, but Holikachuk remains one of the least documented Alaska Native languages. [8]

Examples [ edit ]

Source: [9]

  • łoogg fish
  • łoogg dood mininh iligh November (literally: 'month when the eels come [swim]')
  • giggootth scales
  • q’oon’ fish eggs
  • nathdlod Indian ice cream

Orthography [ edit ]

[10]

A a D d Ddh ddh Dh dh Dl dl Dz dz E e G g
Gg gg Gh gh H h I i K k K' k' L l Ł ł
M m N n ng nh O o Oo oo Q q Q' q'
S s T t T' t' Th th Tl tl Tl' tl' Ts ts Ts' ts'
Tth tth Tth' tth' U u X x Y y yh Z z '

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Alaska Native Language Loses Last Fluent Speaker - Indian Country Media Network" . indiancountrymedianetwork.com . Archived from the original on 8 June 2017 . Retrieved 2017-05-23 .
  2. ^ "Expanded Holikachuk Course Now Available for Language Learners" . 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b ICTMN Staff. "Alaska Native Language Loses Last Fluent Speaker." Indian Country Today Media Network. 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. [1] Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Chappell, Bill (21 April 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official" . NPR .
  5. ^ Beth R. Leonard (2007), Deg Xinag oral traditions: reconnecting indigenous language and education through traditional narratives , a thesis presented to the Faculty of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 2007
  6. ^ Krauss, Michael E. 1973. Na-Dene. Linguistics in North America, ed. by T.A. Sebeok, 903-78. (Current Trends in Linguistics 10). The Hague: Mouton.
  7. ^ Krauss, Michael E. 2007. Native languages of Alaska. In: The Vanishing Voices of the Pacific Rim, ed. by Osahito Miyaoko, Osamu Sakiyama, and Michael E. Krauss. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  8. ^ Kari, James. 1978. Holikachuk Noun Dictionary (Preliminary) . Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center. ERIC ED172528
  9. ^ "Technical report" (PDF) . state.ak.us . Retrieved 8 June 2023 .
  10. ^ Holikachuk Alphabet (PDF) . Iditarod Area School District, prepared by Alaska Native Language Center. September 1984.

External links [ edit ]

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