Upper Kuskokwim
Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan is spoken in the villages of Nikolai, Telida, and McGrath in the Upper Kuskokwim River drainage. Of a total population of about 160 people, about 40 still speak the language.
Raymond Collins began linguistic work at Nikolai in 1964, when he established a practical orthography. After that, he worked with Betty Petruska to produce many small booklets and a school dictionary for use in the bilingual program.
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Alaska is home to at least twenty distinct indigenous languages. More than just dialectal variants, these different languages reflect the diverse cultural heritage of Alaska's Native peoples. For more information about particular languages, click below.