Eyak (language)
The Eyak was a language Na-dené formerly spoken in the south about the Alaska, around the Copper River.
Today, there remains only one alive person speaking this language, Marie Smith. Because of the disappearance of its speakers, Eyak became the symbol of the language in danger.
The language nearest to Eyak is the athapascan. Eyak, Athabaskan and the Tlingit form a group within the languages Na-Dené.
Michael E. Krauss, linguist of reputation, are today the only one with being able to speak the eyak with Marie Smith-Jones. Its study of the language eyak started during the drafting of its thesis. It then devoted its life to research on the native languages of Alaska and more particularly on the language eyak: in 1970, it finalizes and prints the Eyak Dictionary which is in perfect agreement with its work Eyak Texts published the same year. Its principal work is entitled In Honor Of Eyak: The art off Anna Nelson Harry and is, so to speak, the only book accessible to all (3 editions is 1500 pounds printed). The other works not having never been marketed, they are however available in free and single consultation to Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. A project allowing the training of the language was developed at the beginning of 2005 pennies the form of 5 DVDs: the Eyak Language Project .
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