In addition, Karis contributions include a large subset of var gcse = document.createElement('script'); Extended hours to 9 p.m. Press Room Many dictionaries of Alaska Native languages have been scanned are are available as Theyre not separate.. UAF Spotify Membership Another 20 are learning the language from Elders and at the annual Denaina Language Institute Materials on this site are copyrighted by the original authors, the speakers whose voices are recorded, and the Alaska are originals, some are photocopies of originals still in use by Kari. or Materials may be used freely for non-commercial, educational purposes as specified in the license Suggestions for future development are welcome. the DATA Project: denaina [dot] qenaga [at] gmail [dot] com. Some participants at the 2004 Dena'ina Summer Institute complained that the English translations in Dena'ina Qenaga Du'idnaghelnik differed significantly from the Dena'ina. UAF Pinterest Since then, many Denaina elders from the four Dena'ina Verbs: Dena'ina is a polysynthetic language that uses bound morphology extensively. It is important to recognize that the rules of Dena'ina grammar are for the most part very different than the rules of English grammar. through donations by Kari. The subject pronoun she is implied, even though it was not stated. Webunderstanding of a phonological rule in Denaina (a vowel following "gh" is "a" not "e"). Web2. songs, religious materials, correspondence, and work on literacy and language learning Isaak said theyre working on compiling texts for a storybook for children and early language learners. gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; Dena'ina is the only Alaska Athabascan Generally, we tried to capture the meaning of whole phrases rather than merely translating individual words but, as in most every translation, some of the beauty of the original language is lost. For years, linguists and local Alaska Native people have been working on language and culturerevitalization projectsat KPC and through the Kenaitze Tribe. Dena'ina is a verb-based language. Dena'ina has similarly strict rules about word structure. (U) = Upper Cook Inlet (Tyonek, Susitna Station, Knik, Eklutna) Learn more about UAs notice of web accessibility.Privacy StatementFor questions or comments regarding this page, contact uaf-web@alaska.edu |, Dena'ina publications from the ANLC press, Dach' Dena'inaq' Qeyegh Nuqelnixch': The tell about this in Dena'ina, Alaska Native Studies & Rural Development. 1976), Kenai Tanaina Noun Dictionary (1974, PDF), Dena'ina Athabaskan Junior Dictionary / Dena'ina Qenaga Duch'duldih (1979, PDF), Deg Xinag Ingalik Noun Dictionary (1978, PDF), Deg Xinag Learners' Dictionary (2007, HTML), Dinak'i (Our Words). WebEdited by Olga Mller. Denaina is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken around Cook Inlet and on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska in the USA. In 2007 there were about 75 speakers of Denaina, which means 'the people', and is also known as Tanaina. In Alaska the most closely related languages to Dena'ina are Ahtna and Upper Kuskokwim. dialect vocabulary) and studies of phonology and phonetics (e.g. The following semantically-based wordlists, place names, comparisons with other Athabascan languages, Dena'ina uses imperfective, perfective, future, and optative Mode. Alaska Native Language Archive materials made available through the Dena'ina Qenaga Digital Archive may be subject to more from holdings in other repositories, and many consist of just the relevant pages of as we continue to digitize our collection, so check back often for additional resources. Perfective: the action has started and completed. In Dena'ina, a single word can convey the equivalent of an entire sentence in English. WebGoogle's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. Dena'ina Qenaga website copyright 2004-2017. Learn more about UAs notice of nondiscrimination. Ts. If there are spelling errors, the audio serves as the standard for how words should be pronounced. They called the humans the Campfire People. So in a sentence like John shot a beaver, we know that John is the one doing the shooting, and the a beaver is the thing getting shot. UAF Facebook Reproduction for education, non-profit use is permitted, provided the original authors/compilers This page contains excerpts from Chapter 13 of the Dena'ina Topical Dictionary. WebThe Dena'ina language is one of the endangered indigeneous languages of North America and today is spoken by fewer than one hundred people. FIRST FRIDAYS All rights reserved. Rasmuson Library1732 Tanana Loop PO Box 756808Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, UAF Facebook You would tell that story when youre out berry picking. Dena'ina (Tanaina), the Athabascan language of the Cook Inlet area, has four dialects They ended up creating a series of stories about a fictional Denaina girl, whose name is Niku because she loves to hop. I was born in the woods. Learn more about UAs notice of nondiscrimination. A Denaina elder, Dick is a master of the language, but learning to communicate through Zoom has been a new skill for her. But when youre sitting in an office, in Kenai and its winter and youre not out berry picking, its hard to do that kind of story creation. Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary (1979, PDF), Central Koyukon Junior Dictionary (PDF, 1978), Minto-Nenana Athabaskan Noun Dictionary (PDF), Tanacross Learners' Dictionary (2008, HTML), Nee'aaneegn' / Upper Tanana (Tetlin) Junior Dictionary (2009, PDF), Nee'aaneek / Upper Tanana Glossary (1997, PDF), Han Gwich'in Athapaskan Noun Dictionary (1978, PDF), Western Gwich'in Topical Dictionary (1991, PDF), Gwich'in Stem-based Lexical File (1999 draft, PDF). WebEnglish-Dena'ina Dictionary Online and Free English-Dena'ina Translation. Special Note: Class conducted in the Dena'ina language. Visit the first major exhibition ever presented about the Denaina Athabascan people: Denainaq Huchulyeshi: The Denaina Way of Living. Visit this website to learn what Native territories you're occupying. Alberta Stephan of Eklutna is a historian and lecturer on Dena'ina Culture. language to be spoken in a coastal environment, and it is the only Alaska Athabascan include all material written or published in or about the Denaina Language. Alaska is home to at least twenty distinct indigenous languages. In addition, the Dena'ina alphabet uses many of the same symbols found in the English alphabet but assigns a different pronunciation to them. Optative: it is the intent of the speaker for the action to take place. When we speak of "rules" of grammar we mean something very different from schoolbook grammar rules such as "don't say ain't" or "don't end a sentence with a preposition". Images. Need a language or service not listed here? Kari, the primary researcher on Denaina since 1972, form an important and large part Athabascan languages are spoken throughout interior Alaska and Western Canada, as well as in the desert Southwest and Pacific Coast of the United States. There is one spoken object pronoun for her, him, or it. Further develops elementary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Dena'ina for effective communication. Joan M. Tenenbaum. 6. Eleven of these, including Dena'ina, are spoken in Alaska. Denaina, like many other Alaska languages, is polysynthetic, meaning a whole sentence can be expressed with just one word. For example, the single word nuntnghel'i means I will see you again. Naghe Nduninyu. Aa'. If you have questions or comments about this site, please contact Learn more about UAs notice of web accessibility.Privacy StatementFor questions or comments regarding this page, contact uaf-web@alaska.edu |. are Peter Kalifornsky (ca. The sound represented by q' is a glottalized sound produced at the back of the mouth. materials; Petes materials include especially traditional and ethnographic stories. On this website, you will find Denaina language resources, including an audio dictionary, a verb dictionary, and a grammar book. (namely, the barred-l ). UAF YouTube 30 items) and Shem Pete (4 items), native speakers with Isaak apprentices with Helen Dick, a Denaina elder. Tyotkas Elder Services (907) 335-7280 By definition an Ahtna speaker cannot readily understand a Dena'ina They formed partnerships with each other. WebEnglish Dena'ina Play Audio; old woman: qichi: Fedocia Sacaloff: child: ch'anik'en: Peter Kalifornsky: leader, chief: qeshqa: Peter Kalifornsky: brave, tough person The Athabascan family is one of the largest language families in North America. It is a public gesture of appreciation for the past and present Indigenous stewardship of the lands that we now occupy. WebDena'ina is a verb-based language. (T) = Talkeetna consists of fieldnotes, representing research on vocabulary, grammar, placenames, yes it is good (greeting response) aa' yaghali. Privacy Policy. The audio, spoken by first language speaker Helen Dick, can be played, adjusted for playback speed, and downloaded. The scope of the Denaina language collection is quite broad in that it strives to and/or the Alaska Native Language Center and are licensed under a, purchased in book form from the Alaska Native Language Center, Online at Alaska Native Knowledge Network, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, Unangam Tunudgusii. The above works are copyrighted by the National Bilingual Materials Development Center Materials may be used freely for non-commercial, educational purposes as specified in the license There are many reasons for this Dena'ina Qenaga website copyright 2004-2017. WebDena'ina Territory and Place Names: Click below for an Enlarged Map: Northern Dene Territory: Alaska Native Language Center, Alaska Languages Map: Dena'ina Language Map, Dena'ina Qenaga: Images of Dena'ina Territory (with links to images and audio) Kenai Peninsula Dena'ina Territory, Yaghanen Dena'ina Enena (with links to images and audio) Extent:24 manuscript boxes and 0.5 ft. books, covering 8 linear feet.Languages:Collection languages are primarily Denaina and English; a number of early documents It is an actionable statement that marks our collective movement towards decolonization and equity. Land Acknowledgement opens a space with gratefulness and respect for the contributions, innovations, and contemporary perspective of Indigenous peoples. Peninsula) (1978, PDF), A Conversational Dictionary of Kodiak Alutiiq (1978, PDF), English-Tlingit Dictionary: Nouns (1963, rev. traditional texts, and a dictionary from 1973 to 1977 (ca.11 items). Michael Krauss). College of Rural and Community Development, uaf-crcd@alaska.edu907-474-71431-866-478-2721907-474-58248 a.m.-5 p.m., M-F, Physical address:4th floor Brooks Building1736 Tanana Loop, Mailing address:P.O. WebToday, the Denaina language is one of the most endangered indigenous languages of North America, spoken by fewer than 100 people. That is, all languages have certain rules which must be followed in order for the language to make sense. If you have questions or comments about this site, please contact All materials in the Denaina collection are either written in or about the Denaina At the 2004 Dena'ina Summer Institute in Kenai, Gladys made a final recording with yet more phrases, and in the following months, the phrases were carefully transcribed and placed into the pages of Dena'ina Qenaga Du'idnaghelnik. UA is committed to providing accessible websites. Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (revised 2012 edition, Nanwalegmiut Paluwigmiut-llu Nupugnerit / Conversational Alutiiq Dictionary (Kenai Lisiansky, among others. The Denaina language workshop is Oct. 25 and 27, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. This license prohibits unauthorized reproduction in any form for commercial use. When the individual components of language are moved around, their context changes and the meaning shifts. For example, the English word books consists of two parts: the noun book and the plural marker -s. These parts must occur in this order and no other. Resilience. There are four vowels in Dena'ina, A, E, I, and U, that can result in seven corresponding sounds depending on their neighboring consonants. The Denaina language is now spoken fluently by fewer than 100 people, out of a total Denaina population of about 900. This project was inspired by the late Jim Wilson, who presented a collection of Dena'ina phrases and expressions at the 2004 Dena'ina Workshop in Anchorage as a way of helping students learn the language. recent efforts to produce new language learning materials, and some items date from Box 756500Fairbanks, AK 99775. includes published materials pertaining to the ethnography of the Denaina. Creek, Susitna, and Tyonek; the Outer Inlet, including Kenai, Kustatan, and Seldovia The ellipsis serves as a placeholder connector. Although the vast majority of the work was conducted in the 1970s, there have been WebDena'ina (English) An Athabaskan language spoken in the region surrounding Cook Inlet in Alaska, USA. (Sl) = Seldovia (+Sl) = in all dialects and confirmed for Sledovia. Denaina words in comparison to other Athabaskan languages in Alaska. Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Dena'ina for effective communication at the elementary level. There are no masculine or feminine suffixes or pronouns in Dena'ina. work of James Kari. Originally published by ANLC and ANHC in 2004. Services we offer include: Document Translation, Certified Translation, Website Localization, Software Localization, and others. The Dena'ina language reflects the belief that the world around us is animate and has spirit. Joan Tenenbaum contributed fairly extensive materials on lexical and grammatical studies, The Dena'ina Phrases are available in CD-ROM with accompanying booklet from the Alaska Native Language Center Kenai Tanaina Noun Dictionary (in downloadable PDF format) WebGoogle's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. In Dena'ina it would simply be, "will go to the store." on literacy occurred in the 1970s. (Lk-I) = Kuskokwim Ingalik at Lime Village collection dates from the mid to late 19th century. UAF YouTube Many dictionaries of Alaska Native languages have been scanned are are available as searchable PDF documents. We implement innovative, engaging, and unique Denaina language learning experiences for all ages. For example, the word 'water' may be pronounced wordlists; these include relevant sections of reports of the expeditions of Cook and literature has developed. are in Russian, German, or French; one document is in Spanish. Although this may be the literal meaning of the words, the translation does not capture the context of the Dena'ina. The depth of the Denaina presence on ancestral lands reflects an early history and culture of a people who have experienced intense change during the past 150 years, thriving through innovation and adaptation. UAF Instagram No phone. many similarities in pronunciation and grammatical structure. Another way to think about Dena'ina words is that they are complete sentences made up of one stem combined with many prefixes and suffixes. View this video clip from Molly of Denali, as the groundbreaking TV series introduces young ones to Alaska Native land acknowledgement. Originals and copies of fieldnotes by James the Alaska Native Heritage Center. And Denaina, we have a very few number of first language speakers, around five or six, he said. WebDena'ina (Tanaina), the Athabascan language of the Cook Inlet area, has four dialects -- on the Kenai Peninsula, in Upper Inlet area above Anchorage, and in coastal and inland This is the Denaina International Phonetic consonant chart: Kenaitze Administration (907) 335-7200 (Il) = Iliamna Native Language Archive. About Dena'ina Qenaga Denaina is the traditional language of the Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula and up to Lake Iliamna. The name Denaina comes from two parts: dena meaning person and ina, the human plural marker in Denaina. About 50 people speak Dena'ina as a first language. WebGoogle's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. Dena'ina Vowels i. ), Language considerations (including dialect preferences). Educational materials (ca. UA is committed to providing accessible websites. UAF Twitter date from the late 18th and early 19th centuries and include #NanookNation, The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.UAF is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual. Dena'ina Topical Dictionary. WebEnglish Dena'ina Play Audio; is it good (greeting) yaghali du: Peter Kalifornsky: yes it is good (greeting response) aa' yaghali: Peter Kalifornsky: thank you To navigate, use the search bar, scroll through the entire dictionary, or select a letter. Dena'ina Pronouns: Dena'ina does not have a speech sound for the subject pronouns she, he, or it. 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