Also Known As:
Tlinkit, Thlinget, Inland Tlingit, Lingit, Kolosch, Kolosh
Dialects & Varieties
- Tongass
- Southern Sanya
- Southern Henya
- Transitional
- Northern
- Inland
Recent Resources
This recording will help children and their parents bridge the communication gap between them and ou
This group is for people who want to learn the tlingít language.
Online new article from the Indian Country Today Media Network, by ICTMN staff, dated September 16,
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1430
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Crippen, James. 2013. "user suggestion."
Bibliography of Locations:
2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)