Languages of Alaska

[vijayjohn]

Among the indigenous languages of Alaska, the most famous are probably the various languages spoken by the Inuit, Aleut, and Yup'ik people there. However, these languages are only spoken on or near the coast. By contrast, with the exceptions of Tsimshian and probably Haida, all the other languages spoken further inland and to the east are Na-Dene languages.

[vijayjohn]

A few varieties of Aleut are spoken in Alaska, with the variety of the Pribilof Islands having the highest number of living speakers. The St. Lawrence variety of Central Siberian Yup'ik is spoken on St. Lawrence Island, geographically closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska. On the mainland to the east of St. Lawrence Island, a few varieties of Central Alaskan Yup'ik are spoken. A few (two?) varieties of Alutiiq, another Yup'ik language, are spoken in southern Alaska, from the Alaska Peninsula to Prince Edward Sound.

Dena'ina is spoken just to the north of where Alutiiq is spoken, and its close relative, Ahtna, is spoken to its northeast. Upper Koskowim is spoken to the northwest of where Dena'ina is spoken, and Deg Xinag is spoken to the south and west of that. Upper Tanana is spoken to the east of where Ahtna is spoken. Its close relative, Tanacross, is spoken just to its northwest, and their remaining close relative, Lower Tanana, is spoken further to the northwest of Tanacross. Hän is spoken to the northeast of Tanacross and straddles the border with Canada. Koyukon is spoken to the west of Hän and north of the other Athabaskan languages. Gwich'in is spoken to its northeast.

Northwest Alaska Iñupiatun is spoken just north of Central Yup'ik and to the northwest of Koyukon, and North Alaska Iñupiatun is spoken in northern Alaska. Tlingit, Northern Haida, and Tsimshian all straddle the border between southeastern Alaska and Canada.

[Massimiliano B]

A few (two?) varieties of Alutiiq, another Yup'ik language, are spoken in southern Alaska, from the Alaska Peninsula to Prince Edward Sound.

Wikipedia reports two main varieties of Alutiiq.
I've found this site about the language:
http://www.alutiiqlanguage.org/