Eyak language

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title: Eyak language
text: Eyak was a Na-Dené language, historically spoken by the Eyak people, indigenous to south-central Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River. The name Eyak comes from a Chugach Sugpiaq name (Igya'aq) for an Eyak village at the mouth of the Eyak River. The closest relatives of Eyak are the Athabaskan languages. The Eyak–Athabaskan group forms a basic division of the Na-Dené language family, the other being Tlingit. Numerous Tlingit place names along the Gulf Coast are derived from names in Eyak; t
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description: Extinct Na-Dené language of US
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyak_language
date created: 2003-12-04T10:33:54Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T21:35:07Z
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