Tlingit
language of southeast Alaska and western Canada
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The Tlingit are an intangible cultural entity of the United States[1].
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3], Canada[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Na-Dene[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Tlingit language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: tli[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tlingit language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 500[11], 845[12]
- Native label: Lingít[13]
- Different from: Tlingit[14]
- UNESCO language status: 5 critically endangered[15]
- Indigenous to: British Columbia[16], Yukon[17], Alaska[18], Washington[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TLI[20]
- Has grammatical case: pertingent case[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 8a Moribund[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–object–verb[23]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[24]
- Related category: Category:Tlingit pronunciation[25]
Why It Matters
Tlingit has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Tlingit is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]