The Alaska Native Language Center, established in 1972 in
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the p ...
, is a research center focusing on the research and documentation of the Native languages of Alaska. It publishes grammars, dictionaries, folklore collections and research materials, as well as hosting an extensive archive of written materials relating to
Eskimo,
North Athabaskan and related languages. The Center provides training, materials and consultation for educators, researchers and others working with
Alaska Native languages. The closely affiliated
Alaska Native Language Program offers degrees in
Central Yup'ik and
Inupiaq at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for c ...
, and works toward the documentation and preservation of these languages.
Language map
In 1974, Michael Krauss published a language map of Alaska, which he later updated in 1982. It has remained the standard since then. In the summer of 2011, the Alaska Native Language Center made an update to Krauss's map.
One of the biggest reasons for this update was that some of the names of these languages had changed over the years. While there was not a dramatic change in the updated map, the new edition is entirely digital.
Alaska Native languages
*Information in this table was retrieved from the Alaska Native Languages Center
See also
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Alaska Native Language Archive
The Michael E. Krauss Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA) in Fairbanks, Alaska, is an extensive repository for manuscripts and recordings documenting the Native Languages of Alaska. The Archive was created as part of the Alaska Native Language C ...
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Alaska Native languages
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Eskimo–Aleut languages
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Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan (also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific C ...
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Michael Krauss, ANLC founder
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Dené–Yeniseian languages
Dené–Yeniseian is a proposed language family consisting of the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia and the Na-Dené languages of northwestern North America.
Reception among experts has been somewhat favorable; thus, Dené–Yeniseian has b ...
References
External links
Alaska Native Language Center website
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1972 establishments in Alaska
Alaska Native culture in Fairbanks
Alaska Native organizations
Education in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Indigenous languages of Alaska
Language education organizations
Linguistic research institutes
Research institutes established in 1972
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Linguists of Na-Dene languages
Linguists of Eskaleut languages