Tlingit language
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Tlingit is an endangered language indigenous to Southeast Alaska and Western Canada spoken by the Tlingit people. It is generally agreed to form an independent branch of the Na-Dene language family. A
Diagram of Tlingit dialects
Sitka, Alaska
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Sitka is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south
Tlingit language
…are mutually intelligible: The Northern dialect is spoken in a vast area south from Yakutat (Yaakwdáat) and Lituya Bay (Ltu.aa) to Angoon (Aangóon) and Sitka (Sheetʼká), also covering the area around Hoonah (Xunaa) and Juneau (Dzántikʼi Héeni). The Inland Tlingit dialect, a subdialect of Northern, is spoken…
Downtown Sitka in 1984
New Archangel, 1805
Gajaa Héen (Old Sitka), c. 1827. The new Russian palisade atop "Castle Hill" (Noow Tlein) that surrounded the Governor's Residence had three watchtowers, armed with 32 cannons, for defense against Tlingit attacks.
Group of Distinguished Chiefs in Sitka (1868)