Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230546674
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Endangered Dene-Yeniseian languages, Na-Dene languages, Yeniseian languages, Jie people, Athabaskan languages, Tlingit language, Carrier language, Na-Dene languages, Ket language, Hupa language, Dene-Yeniseian languages, Eyak language, Dena'ina language, Han language, Babine-Witsuwit'en language, Upper Tanana language, Deg Xinag language, Karasuk culture, Ahtna language, Holikachuk language, Lower Tanana language, Plains Apache language, Yugh language, Kott language, Arin language, Assan language, Pumpokol language. Excerpt: Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Dene, Athapascan, Athapaskan) is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family. The Athabaskan family is the second largest family in North America in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers, following the Uto-Aztecan family which extends into Mexico. In terms of territory, only the Algic language family covers a larger area. The word Athabaskan is an anglicized version of the Woods Cree name for Lake Athabasca (aoapask w, " there are plants one after another") in Canada. The name was assigned by Albert Gallatin in his 1836 (written 1826) classification of the languages of North America. He acknowledged that the name for these related languages was entirely his own individual preference, writing: "I have designated them by the arbitrary denomination of Athabascas, which derived from the original name of the lake." (1836:116-7)Albert Gallatin's arbitrary designation has unfortunate connotations as the term describes a shallow, weedy lake rather than a coherent people with shared language and culture. Most Athabaskans prefer to be identified by their specific language and location, however the general term persists in...