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North America · ISO 639-3 aht · Glottocode ahte1237

Ahtena

With nearly extinct status and classification as a member of the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family, Ahtena is attested in one source country; the Latin label remains a verifiable CLDR assignment.

Language family
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
North America
Source country codes
US
Reference point
61.707, -144.889

Open research question

How do speakers of Ahtena describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.