Dialects: Healy Lake, Mansfield-Ketchumstuck. Little dialect variation. Mansfield-Ketchumstuck is most important politically and numerically. Reportedly most similar to Upper Tanana ,, but with different tone systems.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 60 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 220 (Golla 2007).
Language Use: Only older adults in the home. Also use English [eng], Upper Tanana [tau].
Language Development: Practical alphabet established in 1973. Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: Tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States
Other Comments: Recognized as a distinct language in the 1970s.