The paradox of language revival in Southeast Alaska

• Main Authors: Yarrow, Jordan Lachler, Belarde, Linda Vaara
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Grim; haida; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/5101

Over the past century, there has been a sharp decline in the number of fluent speakers of Tlingit and Haida, two of the indigenous languages of Southeast Alaska. Today, there are fewer than 200 fluent speakers of Tlingit, and only 5 fluent speakers of Haida left in Alaska. Despite of these grim numb...