Concept information
Preferred term
hoiHolikachuk
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Holikachuk is a highly endangered Athabaskan language formerly spoken at the village of Holikachuk (Hiyeghelinhdi) on the Innoko River in central Alaska. In 1962 residents of Holikachuk relocated to Grayling on the lower Yukon River. Holikachuk is intermediate between the Deg Xinag and Koyukon languages, linguistically closer to Koyukon but socially much closer to Deg Xinag. Though it was recognized by scholars as a distinct language as early as the 1840s, it was only definitively identified in the 1970s. Of about 180 Holikachuk people, only about 5 spoke the language in 2007.
Entry terms
- Holikachuk language
ISO 639-3 code
- hoi
Notation
- hoi
In other languages
-
Portuguese
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/hoi
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