Tlingit language audio book

All of the recordings available here are in tlingit, and some of them have printed and video forms as well. The tlingit language app helps to build skills in the language. This app contains hundreds of entries in more than 20 different categories all with. Tlingit audio of baby raven reads book baby eagle youtube. Missionaries of the russian orthodox church were the first. You can buy the book baby eagle in the shi store or online at. Hardcopy books are available for sale through the sealaska heritage store. Learn tlingit tlingit books, courses, and software. This website now contains significant tlingit audio material in the form of story books and language lessons. Dictionary lingit yoo xatangi the tlingit language. The following recordings are available to listen to and download for studying the tlingit language. Tlingit conversation documentation project, 200720 university of alaska southeast, alaska languages program. Our tlingit identity is born through our language, inherited through our mothers. Dedication to our teacher and friend, johnny marks.

We know the lineage of one another and what that means to us and to our clans and families. This page is designed to help students and followers of the beginning tlingit class to follow along with what we are studying in the class. Stories of the raven based on the folklore of the tlingit, haida. This is a living dictionary project that is the result of generations of collaboration between speakers, teachers, researchers, and students. A majority of the nouns come from jeff leers interior tlingit dictionary, and the verb information and modes from keri eggleston. The paradigms and the related webpages hosted by goldbelt heritage foundation, as well as the webpage continuing verb documentation hosted by the alaska native knowledge network. This program includes audio for tlingit language learners and speakers. Myths and legends of alaska audiobook katharine berry judson 1866 1929 editor katharine berry judson collates and presents a. Listen to the baby raven book baby eagle told in the tlingit language lingit.

The 2018 edition includes a link to online audio so students can hear how the language sounds. Shi encourages teachers to download its materials for use in class. Extensive effort is being put into revitalization programs in southeast alaska to revive and preserve the tlingit language and culture. Tlingit is a tonal language, with between two and three tones in different dialects. Dictionary of tlingit acknowledgements acknowledgements this project.

Useful phrases for beginning lingit tlingit language learners. Tlingit is spoken by the tlingit people of southeast alaska and western canada, and is a member of the nadene language family. It is an endangered language, with fewer than 140 native speakers. This updated edition includes audio cds so that students can hear how the language sounds, and follow along with the lessons. Tlingit and haida are each single languages making up separate families. University of alaska southeast, alaska languages program. Myths and legends of alaska full audiobook youtube. A detailed introduction explains the drills and suggests ways of using the book at home, in schools, and in tlingit communities. First published in 1976, beginning tlingit remains the major text in the field, combining a systematic introduction to tlingit grammar with phrases and conversations for everyday use. The tlingit indians anthropological papers of the american museum of natural history. This audio complements the book beginning tlingit by richard and nora dauenhauer. Contents 9 acknowledgements 11 introduction 45 tlingit to english 345 english to tlingit 493 tlingit thematic lexicon 605 appendix.