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Upper Kuskokwim Athapaskan Dictionary
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Language Name
Upper Kuskokwim.
Alternate Language Names
Kolchan, Goltsan.
Region
Alaska, United States.
Who
Raymond Collins, Sally Jo Collins (Compilers).
Others Involved
The main language informants for this dictionary are Willie Petruska, Junior Gregory, Bobby Esai, Philip Esai, and Nick Dennis from Nikolai.
Publishing Information
Published 1966 by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Fairbanks, Alaska.
How People are Cited
Speakers are cited in the Introduction. The compilers are cited on the front page.
How Information is Cited
Information is cited in the Introduction.
Where is Information Coming from
Information comes from the speakers Willie Petruska, Junior Gregory, Bobby Esai, Philip Esai, and Nick Dennis from Nikolai.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
The physical book is accesible through libraries, while the digital book is open access as PDF through Alaska Native Language Archive.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Upper Kuskokwim.
Dialects Included
This is a dictionary of Upper Kuskokwi Athapaskan spoken by the people of Nikolai and Telida Alaska.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional, topical noun dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized topically, with English headwords followed by Upper Kuskokwim translations. Within each section entries are organized alphabetically by English.
A Upper Kuskokwim to page number Index is included at the end of the dictionary.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ✅ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This dictionary was primarily intended and designed for native speakers of Upper Kuskokwim.
Many of the nouns in this dictionary are included in the 1979 Dinak'i (Our Words): Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/18760305
Find the Alaska Native Language Archive page for the Upper Kuskokwim Athapaskan Dictionary here: https://www.uaf.edu/anla/record.php?identifier=UK964CC1966a
An open access version from Alaska Native Language Archive can be found here: https://uafanlc.alaska.edu/Online/UK964CC1966a/UK964CC1966a.pdf