Na-Dene family
Eyak
1500 CE – 2008 CE Extinct
Eyak (1500 CE – 2008 CE) is an extinct Na-Dene language. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak → Eyak.
See Eyak on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- eya
- Glottocode
- eyak1241
Spoken on the Copper River delta, Alaska. Marie Smith Jones, the last native speaker, died in 2008.
Lineage
- Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
- Eyak1500 CE – 2008 CE
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak.