#Dene #Alaska #Language Tanacross borrowed fewer words from colonizer languages than ...

2025-04-20 22:31:05 UTC

#Dene #Alaska #Language

Tanacross borrowed fewer words from colonizer languages than some neighboring languages due to distance from Russian America and later arrival of Euro-Americans.

From Russian:
dayaan "chief"
jeliis "religious cross"
masdlah "butter"

From French:
lsel "salt"
ldîil "tea"
lsaaz "money"

From English:
sųųgąąy "sugar"
goheey "coffee"

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