Gwich'in
Gwich'in is the Athabaskan language
spoken in the northeastern Alaska villages of Arctic Village, Venetie, Fort
Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Circle, and Birch Creek, as well as in a wide adjacent area
of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. The Gwich'in population of
Alaska is about 1,100, and of that number about 300 are speakers of the
language.
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