Hän language
The Hän language (alternatively spelled as Haen) (also known as Dawson, Han-Kutchin, Moosehide) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Hän Hwëch'in (translated to people who live along the river, sometimes anglicized as Hankutchin). Athabascan refers to the interrelated complexity of languages spoken in Canada and Alaska each with its own dialect: the village of Eagle, Alaska in the United States and the town of Dawson City, Yukon Territory in Canada, though there are also Hän speakers in the nearby city of Fairbanks, Alaska. Furthermore, there was a decline in speakers in Dawson City as a result of the influx of gold miners in the mid-19th century.
| Hän | |
|---|---|
| Häł gołan | |
| Native to | Canada, United States |
| Region | Yukon, Alaska |
| Ethnicity | Hän people |
Native speakers | 5 in Alaska, 1 in Yukon (2020) |
| Latin (Dené alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Alaska |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | haa |
| Glottolog | hann1241 |
| ELP | Han |
Han is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Hän is in the Northern Athabaskan subgrouping of the Na-Dené language family. It is most closely related to Gwich'in and Upper Tanana.