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    • ----- Inuit-Yupik-Unangax Languages ----
    • Iñupiaq
    • Yugtun (Yup'ik)
    • Yupigestun (St. Lawrence Island Yupik)
    • Sugcestun (Sugpiaq/Alutiiq)
    • Unangam Tunuu (Unangax̂)
    • ------------- Dena Languages -----------
    • Dena'ina Qenaga (Dena'ina)
    • Deg Xinag
    • Doogh Qinag (Holikachuk)
    • Dinak'i (Upper Kuskokwim)
    • Denaakk'e (Koyukon)
    • Benhti Kokhwt’ana Kenaga’ (Tanana)
    • Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich'in)
    • Häɬ goɬan (Hän)
    • Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’(Tanacross)
    • Neeʼaandèegnʼ (Upper Tanana)
    • Atnakenaege’ (Ahtna)
    • ----- Southeast Alaskan Languages -----
    • dAXunhyuuga’ (Eyak)
    • Lingít Yoo Xʼatángi (Lingít)
    • X̱aad Kíl (Haida)
    • Sm'álgyax (Tsimshian)
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    Learn more about Alaska Native Languages and find resources for learning Alaska Native languages here.

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    Language Revitalization involves developing programs such as immersion schools, language nests, master-apprentice programs, and more. 

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    Find resources for language revitalization, language advocacy, language apps and much more here.​

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    Find out what's happening across Alaska in Indigenous language revitalization and continuity.

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    DLO Hän Course
    DLO Hän Course

    Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce that a language-learning course focused on Hän is now available in Doyon Languages Online. The online course is available for free to all interested language learners; find more information and sign up at doyonfoundation.com/dlo.

    SLI Yupik Dictionary
    SLI Yupik Dictionary

    Check out this Electronic Dictionary for St. Lawrence Island Yupik!

    ANLRI 2018
    ANLRI 2018

    Alaska Native Language Revitalization Institute, April 2018

    DLO Hän Course
    DLO Hän Course

    Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce that a language-learning course focused on Hän is now available in Doyon Languages Online. The online course is available for free to all interested language learners; find more information and sign up at doyonfoundation.com/dlo.

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    Updated April 2022. 

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    This website acknowledges the traditional territories of the many Indigenous Alaskan Nations that have lived in and taken care of the lands of Alax̂sxax̂ (Alaska) since time immemorial.