ISO 639-3 · ahtaht
Na-Dene family
Ahtna
Atnakenaege’
Ahtna is a language of the Northern Athabaskan branch (Na-Dene), spoken in United States. Wikidata counts about 80 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Indigenous language of North America”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aht- Glottocode
ahte1237- Family
- Na-Dene
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ahtna · Atnakenaege’ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ahtena language, Ahtena, Ahtna language, Copper River language, Mednovskiy language |
| All speakers | 80 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Na-Dene to Ahtna
The branches above Ahtna, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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