Im alaska native. Im Dena'ina which on this map was called tanaina. Tanaina is an old term that didnt really make it past the 20th century in alaska but for some reason the rest of the world uses it. But its dena'ina and the ' is a glotal stop in our language. Also its part of the na-dene language family too which is connected to the dene (Navajo) and to a small language in siberia called ket i think. Dene and dena'ina are so similar we can understand each other when speaking in our native language. Also aleut is said ally-oot. Love that alaska is getting some rep but just had to correct you a tiny bit.❤
Been saying “Aleut” wrong the whole time and no one corrected me, but I doubt anyone here in GA would be able to, not even the military folks in Ft. Moore near where I’m from.
@ronfleetwood944 I always assumed Aleut was pronounced as a short form of Aleutian. The people of the Aleutians are also called called Unangax (the x is pronounced like the ch in Achmed). I find just using that term allows me to bypass the different pronunciations of Aleut.
I worked in St. Lawrence island! They spoke Siberian Yupik! I was learning Siberian Yupik! The Yupik languages are so fascinating but unfortunately dying.
@@onewhoisanonymous Central Yup'ik is the second most spoken indigenous language in America. It's not dying. Siberian Yupik, maybe, but not the dialect spoken on the mainland.
Yesterday my nephew was just born in Alaska. He’s also 1/4 Alaskan native but, neither of his parents know anything about the native culture or language.
Oh look, my current hyperfixation. Mahsi' choo! I wouldn't describe Eskaleut (you need to include ALL of the non-Inuit languages in the name) or Na-Dene as "minor" language families. They are both the most commonly spoken language families in North America. They are also very widely distributed. Na-Dene stretches from the arctic to Mexico, while Eskaleut is found from eastern Russia all the way to Greenland. Pro tip for learning how to pronounce those names: PBS Kids doesn't just teach kids new stuff. Molly of Denali focuses extensively on Alaskan languages.
Alaska’s that much larger than them largely due to the military; that’s the reason I was born there, anyway. And AK’s slightly less remote than them, either. The coastline is more accessible to major population centers than Nunavut’s is (only opens up to the Arctic Ocean which spends a lot of time frozen over), and probably more so than Greenland’s (not even on the continent, and all nearby landforms are other countries). Easier to conduct ferry service between the Pacific Northwest and the Alaska coast than New England or the Maritimes to Nuuk. Since the relative ease of trading/traveling between Alaska and the rest of the US is greater than Nunavut-Canada or Greenland-Denmark/US/Canada, Alaska has a higher non-indigenous population than either of the two (only one of the three where they aren’t an outright majority), leading to a much higher population overall.
@@grantorino2325 That is an Inuit group. And the Vikings were actually in Greenland before the Inuit. The Inuit displaced the original indigenous North Americans, who either got absorbed into neighboring tribes or just plain died out.
@alexpayne4582 To be fair, there's not a whole lot of info on these languages that Wikipedia hasn't already compiled. I did find a very handy interactive Gwich'in dictionary, though.
great video, i really enjoyed the insights about the diverse languages of Alaska. but honestly, i wonder if it’s time to focus more on revitalizing these languages rather than just preserving them. it seems like just keeping them on life support isn’t enough; they need to thrive again in everyday conversations. what do you think?
is it actually "ael-oot" or is it "al-ee-oot"? i admit that i've always used the former for "Aleutian" as in the islands, but i've pretty much consistently used the latter for the people themselves courtesy of that film adaptation of _Island of the Blue Dolphins_ where they pronounced it that way
@@Emperor_Oshron Take a third option and call them Unangax (oo-nan-gakh). That's their endonym, and as far as I'm aware, it only has one pronunciation.
@ungaghllalek6361 More like the same thing as putting English in the same grouping as German, Dutch and Swedish. All Germanic languages, yes, but English has the least in common with the other three.
The Japanese idiom isn’t that strongly meant in most cases. It’s like you acting better (or cuter) around your crush. Not that sinister. But can be used in situations like that.
@@FoggyD are you really this annoyed that he didn’t include asl? 😭 look I may have commented that before I got to the part that he mentioned English and Russian but you can’t blame him for missing sign language
Alaska and north Canada are probably the only places in America were native languages are still common .even in some places in south and central America the population is bigger. but they avoid speaking their language in public because there are always people who don't know the local language around. but Alaska is sparely populated but in some of those towns most of the population knows Inuit compared to Mayan towns were less than 50% speaks it even if these towns have a much bigger population .
Anyone watching from Alaska?
I’ll be in Alaska in august of next year
No but this video idea is really unique! I never thought of Alaskan languages
I'm Alaskan native! Dena'ina! (Tanaina)
@@davea6314as an Alaskan native I don't think this is funny.
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Im alaska native. Im Dena'ina which on this map was called tanaina. Tanaina is an old term that didnt really make it past the 20th century in alaska but for some reason the rest of the world uses it. But its dena'ina and the ' is a glotal stop in our language. Also its part of the na-dene language family too which is connected to the dene (Navajo) and to a small language in siberia called ket i think. Dene and dena'ina are so similar we can understand each other when speaking in our native language. Also aleut is said ally-oot. Love that alaska is getting some rep but just had to correct you a tiny bit.❤
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Been saying “Aleut” wrong the whole time and no one corrected me, but I doubt anyone here in GA would be able to, not even the military folks in Ft. Moore near where I’m from.
@ronfleetwood944 I always assumed Aleut was pronounced as a short form of Aleutian. The people of the Aleutians are also called called Unangax (the x is pronounced like the ch in Achmed). I find just using that term allows me to bypass the different pronunciations of Aleut.
Very cool
I worked in St. Lawrence island! They spoke Siberian Yupik! I was learning Siberian Yupik! The Yupik languages are so fascinating but unfortunately dying.
@@onewhoisanonymous Central Yup'ik is the second most spoken indigenous language in America. It's not dying. Siberian Yupik, maybe, but not the dialect spoken on the mainland.
Yesterday my nephew was just born in Alaska. He’s also 1/4 Alaskan native but, neither of his parents know anything about the native culture or language.
I am an Alaska Native. My people are the Tsimshian.
you look like a craka
6:12 we locals just say kling-git
Can confirm! Me and my mom are only partially (8th and 16th) Tlingit but we’ve said it like this too since my great grandpa (half) was still around
@@goldheartinc.1726 what city bro
Oh look, my current hyperfixation. Mahsi' choo!
I wouldn't describe Eskaleut (you need to include ALL of the non-Inuit languages in the name) or Na-Dene as "minor" language families. They are both the most commonly spoken language families in North America. They are also very widely distributed. Na-Dene stretches from the arctic to Mexico, while Eskaleut is found from eastern Russia all the way to Greenland.
Pro tip for learning how to pronounce those names: PBS Kids doesn't just teach kids new stuff. Molly of Denali focuses extensively on Alaskan languages.
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Amazing video as always!!
Great video, Pat!
I don't know whether polar bears are in Alaska. If so, their mother tongue should be included.
They are, in the northern parts of Alaska.
Porar barr
Food. Their language is food.
The polar bears that are migrants from Antarctica are bi-polar bears.
@markmontani4339 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The bridge between the Aleutian Islands and the Alaska Peninsula is at False Pass.
Greenland and Nunavut are totes jealous of Alaska's enormous population
Alaska’s that much larger than them largely due to the military; that’s the reason I was born there, anyway.
And AK’s slightly less remote than them, either. The coastline is more accessible to major population centers than Nunavut’s is (only opens up to the Arctic Ocean which spends a lot of time frozen over), and probably more so than Greenland’s (not even on the continent, and all nearby landforms are other countries). Easier to conduct ferry service between the Pacific Northwest and the Alaska coast than New England or the Maritimes to Nuuk.
Since the relative ease of trading/traveling between Alaska and the rest of the US is greater than Nunavut-Canada or Greenland-Denmark/US/Canada, Alaska has a higher non-indigenous population than either of the two (only one of the three where they aren’t an outright majority), leading to a much higher population overall.
@@muskyoxes Technically, the Inuit aren't actually indigenous to Greenland.
@@AtarahDerek
I think that the Eskimos aboriginal to Greenland are actually _Kalallisut_ . (But don't quote me on that.)
@@grantorino2325 That is an Inuit group. And the Vikings were actually in Greenland before the Inuit. The Inuit displaced the original indigenous North Americans, who either got absorbed into neighboring tribes or just plain died out.
As a Tilingit Alaskan, I have learned a lot from this video. Thanks
Coming from an actual research background in this field, this is the most Wikipedia scraped video I’ve ever seen. Disappointing quality
@alexpayne4582 To be fair, there's not a whole lot of info on these languages that Wikipedia hasn't already compiled. I did find a very handy interactive Gwich'in dictionary, though.
Any chance you can do the native languages of the rest of the US? There used to be thousands of them, not so much anymore unfortunately.
Aleut is pronounced in thee syllables. The e is separate of the u.
great video, i really enjoyed the insights about the diverse languages of Alaska. but honestly, i wonder if it’s time to focus more on revitalizing these languages rather than just preserving them. it seems like just keeping them on life support isn’t enough; they need to thrive again in everyday conversations. what do you think?
@@AncientWildTV That's really the only way to save them. Did you know Deg Xinag only has two native speakers left? And they're both old.
is it actually "ael-oot" or is it "al-ee-oot"? i admit that i've always used the former for "Aleutian" as in the islands, but i've pretty much consistently used the latter for the people themselves courtesy of that film adaptation of _Island of the Blue Dolphins_ where they pronounced it that way
@@Emperor_Oshron Take a third option and call them Unangax (oo-nan-gakh). That's their endonym, and as far as I'm aware, it only has one pronunciation.
@@AtarahDerek thanks very much :) i don't think it'll come up very often, but i think i'll go make an autocorrect for myself in Word to use that ;)
Can u do video on historical names of places on beaver island Michigan
Beaver island had a Mormon king and thousands of residents
He was assassinated by islanders tapped by the gov
Do any of these native languages have a written language?
I don’t think I have ever heard so many words miss pronounced before.
It does seem to be a common problem on this language based channel
@@lachlanchester8142 there is a simple solution to that problem, it is called research.
Miss spelt as well.
How about you do it instead huh
@@Thefrogbread if I did, it would be correct.
Can you do one for Canada?
Often wonder if the Ainu in Japan could be related to some North West Coast people. Art is very similar, plus some customs
@@lisapinfold506 Jury's still out on that, actually.
I don’t think Yupik languages should be called Inuit. That would be the same as calling English German…
English is Germanic Language
@ungaghllalek6361 More like the same thing as putting English in the same grouping as German, Dutch and Swedish. All Germanic languages, yes, but English has the least in common with the other three.
On behalf of Alaska, I'd just like to say, quyanaaq.
Have fun figuring out which native tongue that came from.
Is it an Aleut language? Does it mean thank you?
@@neighslayer768 Siberian Yupik? Or a dialect of Iñupiaq that cuts out the p?
The Japanese idiom isn’t that strongly meant in most cases. It’s like you acting better (or cuter) around your crush. Not that sinister. But can be used in situations like that.
Haida here living in Oklahoma though
bro I was confused then looked it up that shi was funny
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Next video :languages of Canada 😅
Mahsi'Choo!
I should get a dictionary with these languages.
Did I zone out and miss American Sign Language getting a mention or are there no deaf people in Alaska?
There are deaf people in Alaska I’m sure, but asl is not unique/originated in Alaska is it
@@lachlanchester8142 And English and Russian did originate there??
@@FoggyD are you really this annoyed that he didn’t include asl? 😭 look I may have commented that before I got to the part that he mentioned English and Russian but you can’t blame him for missing sign language
It's also not technically a *language*, i.e., tongue. More of a "digitage".
Hän is pronounced H aa n, like a long a.
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Alaska and north Canada are probably the only places in America were native languages are still common .even in some places in south and central America the population is bigger. but they avoid speaking their language in public because there are always people who don't know the local language around. but Alaska is sparely populated but in some of those towns most of the population knows Inuit compared to Mayan towns were less than 50% speaks it even if these towns have a much bigger population .
In Paraguay most people are bilingual in Spanish and Guarani.
@@hanleylopezescano5977 i heard only half the population knows it
I thought the language was american English,
Me when there’s more than one language in a state 🤔😮😃
Americans when there’s native languages:
Language map of Alaska is all English but it disincludes English, it's only about local Lang
Alaska is big enough to be its own country.