Alternate Names: Dena’ina, Kinayskiy
Dialects: Coastal-Inland, Kenai Peninsula, Stoney River, Upper Inlet.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 75 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 900 (Golla 2007).
Language Use: Shifting to English [eng]. Kenai dialect nearly extinct (Golla 2007). Mainly adults.
Language Development: Orthography developed in the 1970s.
Nation of Origin: United States