Eyak

indigenous language of North America
Language language Q27480
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Eyak

Summary

Eyak is a language[1]. Eyak ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eyak is in the country of United States[3].
  • Eyak's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Eyak's instance of is recorded as dead language[5].
  • Eyak's instance of is recorded as extinct language[6].
  • Eyak is a type of Athabaskan-Eyak[7].
  • Eyak's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Eyak's Wikimedia language code is recorded as eya[9].
  • Eyak was dissolved in 2008[10].
  • Eyak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eyak language[11].
  • Eyak's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[12].
  • Eyak's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[13].
  • Eyak's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • Eyak's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'eya', 'text': 'I.ya.q'}[15].
  • Eyak's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[16].
  • Eyak's indigenous to is recorded as Alaska[17].
  • Eyak's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/EYA[18].
  • Eyak's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 9 Dormant[19].
  • Eyak's terminal speaker is recorded as Marie Smith Jones[20].

Why It Matters

Eyak ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[2] Eyak has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Eyak is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The Economist. economist.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Wikidata Toolkit. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The Economist. economist.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Dissolved
    Country United States
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565350705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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