Tanaina

TFN

moribund

Alternate Names: Dena’ina, Kinayskiy

Dialects: Coastal-Inland, Kenai Peninsula, Stoney River, Upper Inlet.

Genealogy:

Eyak-Athabaskan
Athabaskan
Northern Athabaskan

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