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Tanaina, also known as Dena'ina, is the Athabascan language of the Cook Inlet area of Alaska, with four dialects located:
  1. Kenai Peninsula southcentral Alaska
  2. Upper Cook Inlet north of Anchorage, Alaska
  3. Coastal west side of the Cook Inlet
  4. Inland areas of the west side of the Cook Inlet

Tanaina can also refer to the tribe, the people of which spoke the language.

Of the total Tanaina population of about 900 people, only 75-95 members still speak Tanaina Athabascan. James Kari has done extensive work on the language since 1972, including his edition with Alan Boraas of the collected writings of Peter Kalifornsky in 1991.

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Tanaina, AlaskaTanaina is a census-designated place located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 4,993. Geography Tanaina is located at 61°37'27" North, 149°25'58" West (61. 624211, -149. According to the United StateTanainaTanaina also known as Dena'ina, is the Athabascan language of the Cook Inlet area of Alaska, with four dialects located: # Kenai Peninsula southcentral Alaska # Upper Cook Inlet north of Anchorage, Alaska #Coastal west side of the Cook Inlet #Inland areasTanaina AthabascanTanaina Athabascan is a language spoken by a group of Athabascan people located in Eklutna, Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The ancestral territory of the Tanaina surrounds Cook Inlet, including the present-day location of Anchorage, Alaska.
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