Fall Semester, 2022
We will be meeting using Zoom meeting software. You can access our class by clicking here.
This page is designed to help students and followers of the class, Advanced Lingít at the University of Alaska Southeast. Classes can be viewed here on YouTube and the handouts for the class are listed below the date.
For beginning resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Additional Resources
Old Texts for Retype & Translation
Dauenhauer Finding Guide (pdf, pages, doc)
Ḵeixwnéi ḵa Xwaayeenáḵ Ḵaa X̱ʼéit Has Akawshixídi Ḵóok
Kux̱aanguwutaan Ḵaa X̱ʼéit Akawshixídi Ḵóoḵ
Course Syllabus & Calendar:
Additional Course Documents:
The main texts we use are Haa Shuká: Our Ancestors, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís: For Our Healing Spirit, Gágiwduł.àt: Brought Forth to Reconfirm the Legacy of a Taku River Tlingit Clan, and Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká: Russians in Tlingit America. We will reference other texts, including Verbal Structure Handbook & Tlingitology Seminar by Dzéiwsh James Crippen, and the 575 Tlingit Verbs dissertation & 575 Tlingit Verbs: the Paradigms by Keri Eggleston.
Tlingit Curriculum Shared Folder
Students should look at other Lingít language resources, which can be found on the Resources tab of this website.
Gunalchéesh!
Assignment: review the two texts for Battle of Sitka, and find 2 sentences or short passages that you want to share because they are tlax̱ yakʼéi, and two that you want to learn more about because you donʼt understand how it works. Be prepared to say why you chose them and to engage with others.
Shaanáx̱ Dís 02, 2022
Yéil Ḵutlaakw: Ḵuchein, Kaasgéiy,
Handouts: Raven Book (draft)
Audio:
Ḵuchein Frank Italio
Raven 1
FI Raven Cycle 2 APSdigrec_0627 cleanup_01 (Yéil ḵá Yáay)
APSdigrec_1016_edit (Yéil Ḵutlaakw)
Kaasgéiy Susie James
06-01_SJ_Raven_Cycle_01
Daanaawaaḵ Austin Hammond
01 Raven & Fog
Ḵukaháa Dís 18, 2022
Kuháankʼi (x̱ʼakawtuwaneek) Seidayaa x̱ʼéidáx̱ Tlʼanaxéedáḵw
Handouts: Kuháankʼi (Pages, Word), Nyman retypes, Nyman audio, Nyman video, chat (txt)
Ḵukahaa Dís 04, 2022
Át ḵunateení ḵoo at latóowu, daaxʼoon shkalneek Aanyalahaash x̱ʼéidáx̱. A katʼóot yéi jiné.
Midterm Assignment: Daaxʼoon shkalneek daat yéi jiné (pages, word). Audio files: Xeitl, Yéil ḵa Kʼákw, Wuliteeshi Ḵáa ḵa Kéidladi, L Ḵushtéeni Ḵáa ḵa Kag̱eet. Ldakát wé xʼúxʼ, ldakát wé duwa.áx̱ji át
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 28, 2022
Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Káa
Handouts: Battle of Sitka (pdf), Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx’i Kagéiyi Yís (pdf) chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 14, 2022
Because We Cherish You
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 07, 2022
Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt), Because We Cherish You (folder), Naa Tláa (mp3, wav)
Dís Yádi 30, 2022
Kaatsʼ, Yéil Yaagu, Anóoshi, Gusʼkʼiḵwáan, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
Handouts: Shkalneek ḵóok, notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 23, 2022
Woosh ée yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk, Naatsilanéi, Sitʼ Ḵaa Káx̱ Kana.áa
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 16, 2022
Ḵaakéxʼwti, Xóots X̱ʼayaaḵuwdlig̱adi Shaawát
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 09, 2022
Resources: Ḵákw & Éilʼ Kát Haa Kawdiyaa (pdf, word, pages), Táaxʼaa: grammar slideshow (pdf, keynote, powerpoint), Táaxʼaa (pdf), Duktʼootlʼ (pdf), Ḵaaʼachgóok (pdf)
Audio files:
Ḵákw & Éilʼ Kát Haa Kawdiyaa
Táaxʼaa
Duktʼootlʼ
Dís Yádi 02, 2022
Resources: class notes
Spring Semester, 2019
We will be meeting using Zoom meeting software. You can access our class by clicking here.
Class Folder (recordings, notes, etc)
Tlingit Curriculum Shared Folder
Woosh Een áyá Yoo X̱ʼatudli.átk (Tlingit Conversation Documentation Project, 2007-2013)
Leer Noun list: noun-database-combined-alphabetical (numbers), noun-database-combined-alphabetical (excel)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 27 (latín!)
Hóochʼi yéi jineiyí.
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 24 (latín!)
Yéil Shkalneek, yoo x̱ʼatánk, chʼa daa sá
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 22 (latín!)
Haa yéi jineiyí, Yéil shkalneek, woosh daséixʼán
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 17 (latín!)
Haa yéi jineiyí, ELAN, x̱ʼakaduneegi, Naaxein kadudzineiyí ḵaa jeet wuduwatee, Yéil Shkalneek
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: 16 austin hammond
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 15 (latín!)
Yéil Shkalneek: Yaneekee x̱ʼéidáx̱, Ḵuchéin x̱ʼéidáx̱
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: 02 frank italio, notes-05
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 10 (latín!)
ELAN, aadé kadujixídi yé, Ḵeixwnéi x̱ʼéidáx̱ shkalneek, Kaasgéiy x̱ʼéidáx̱ shkalneek
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: 08 charlie white, 19 sam johnston
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 08 (latín)
Át Ḵuduteení, Yéil Ḵutlaakw ḵa Yéil Shkalneek, Kaasgéi x̱ʼéidáx̱ Yéil Ḵutlaakw
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: notes-03
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 03
Kaasgéiy Susie James Yéil Ḵutláakw: 03 Susie James (pdf)
SJ_Yéil_Ḵutláakw
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 01 (latín!)
haa yéi jineiyí (násʼk), woosh een yoo x̱ʼawtuli.áat, Yéil shkalneegí
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 27 (latín!)
haa yéi jineiyí (déix̱), motion verbs
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 25 (latín!)
haa yéi jineiyí (tléixʼ)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 20 (latín!)
Seidayaa Du Ḵusteeyí Daat Sh Kalneek
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: Seidayaa Du Ḵusteeyí Daat Sh Kalneek pt. 12
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 18 (latín!)
Language Questions
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: notes-02
SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES MARCH 11–15
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 6 (latín!)
Woosh yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, Tlʼanaxéedáḵw, Seidayaa x̱’éidáx̱ shkalneek.
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 4 (latín)
Tlʼanaxéedáḵw, Seidayaa x̱’éidáx̱ sh kalneek.
Sʼeek Disi 27 (latín!)
Ḵaax̱ʼachgóok, yoo x̱ʼatángi daat (dleit ḵaa x̱ʼéináx̱), Ḵudziteeyi Át Ḵulagaawú
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: Ḵudziteeyi Át Ḵulagaawú (corrected), Verb Perfective (slideshow)
Sʼeek Dísi 25 (latín!)
Haa yéi jineiyí, Ḵaax̱ʼachgóok. Yee x̱ʼax̱wawóosʼ:
• Daa sá wéitʼaa: de [verb], desgwách [verb]?
• Daa sá wéitʼaa (verb tóoxʼ): dag̱-/dax̱- ?
• Daa sá wéitʼaa: adux̱áa ḵa dux̱áa
haa jeet wuduwateeyí aa: Dauenhauer 2009 scatic categories
Sʼeek Dísi 20 (latín!)
hél woosh kaanáx̱ wutuda.aat tliyatgé, ḵu.aa wé ḵaankageetxʼ yoo x̱ʼatángi latín (yáatʼaa ḵa yáatʼaa). yá yakyee gwál Seidayaa shkalneekxʼí gax̱tulatóow. Course check-in, translation work, speaking, Q&A.
haa jeet wuduteeyí aa: Ḵudziteeyi Át Ḵulagaawú, Seidayaa x̱ʼéidáx̱, Tlʼanaxéedáḵw
Sʼeek Dísi 13 (latín!)
wooch een yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, gaaw/yax̱ ḵuhá/yakyee/dís/táakw, aadé g̱unéi sh kadulneegi yé
haa jeet duteeyí aa: tlingit-time
Sʼeek Dísi 11 (latín!)
haa yéi jineiyí, Naatsinaléi, aadé kadushxeedi yé, aadé x̱ʼakaduḵaayi yé
haa jeet duteeyí aa:visualizing_verbal_structure
Sʼeek Dísi 6 (latín!)
Ḵaajaaḵwtí yoo x̱ʼatángi, Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaa Ḵuwdlig̱ádi Shaawát, haa yéi jineiyí, chʼáagudáx̱ xʼúxʼ tsu kagax̱duldáalʼ
haa jeet duteeyí aa: tlingit-studycard-verbs (updated), chʼáagudáx̱ xʼúxʼ, Soboleff-excerpt
Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaa Ḵuwdlig̱ádi Shaawát (Yeilnaawú x̱ʼéidáx̱)
Listen
Kaatsʼ (Tseexwáa x̱ʼéidáx̱)
Listen
Sʼeek Dísi 4 (latín!)
Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaa Ḵuwdlig̱ádi Shaawát, haa yéi jineiyí, Aotearoa.
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 30 (latín!)
wáa sá sh tóo tultóow, haa yéi jineiyí, táaxʼaa, shkalneek, haa ḵusteeyí
haa dultíni át: Táaxʼaa, Táaxʼaa ḵa Deisheetaan Has Wuligásʼ
haa jeet duteeyí aa:
Táaxʼaa • Shaadaaxʼ x̱ʼéidáx̱
Listen
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 28 (latín!)
Ḵákʼw, Duktʼootlʼ, Shaadaaxʼ, Ḵaalḵáawu, Táakw Kʼwátʼi, yax̱ at g̱akú, shkalneek, wáang̱aneens tlél ḵaa jeet ookéetʼích, kʼáatlʼ.
haa jeet duteeyí aa:
Ḵákʼw (As in Haa Shuká • Shaadaaxʼx̱ʼéidáx̱)
Listen
Ḵákʼw_&_Duktʼootlʼ • Shaadaaxʼx̱ʼéidáx̱
Listen
Duktʼootlʼ • Táakw Kʼwátʼi x̱ʼéidáx̱
Listen
Duktʼootlʼ • Ḵeixwnéi x̱ʼéidáx̱
Listen
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 23 (latín!)
sh wudusáakw, Ḵákʼw, haa yéi jineiyí daat
Handout: notes-01
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 16 (latín!)
sh wuduwasáakw, shkalneek daat yoo x̱ʼatánk, haa yéi jineiyí, ḵoon ḵunáax̱ daak kaaduwaník, haa at kuna.áag̱u
Handout:Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide,
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 14 (latín!)
sh wutudisáakw, táakw dulsáayi daat yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, haa táakw shoowú yéi jineiyí, x̱ʼakadunéek, shkalneek, ELAN, ḵa daa sá.
Tlingit Oral Literature – Fall Semester, 2015
November 30, 2015
Handout: battle-of-sitka
Content: Geesh G̱eey (Watch on Youtube), Battle of Sitka, Nyman
November 23, 2015
Handout: Nyman1 Nyman2 Nyman3 Nyman4 Nyman5 Nyman6
Content: Yéil Ḵutláakw,
November 16, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: 06-01 SJ Raven & Uncle – final, 06-02 SJ Raven makes Aleutians – final, 06-03 SJ Raven & Fire – final, 06-04 SJ Raven & Salmon Box – final, 06-05 SJ Raven & Tide Lady – final, 06-06 SJ Raven & Blueberries – final, 06-07 SJ Raven Hosts Potlatch – final, 06-08 SJ Raven & Killerwhales – final, 06-09 SJ Raven & Whale – final, 06-10 SJ Raven Loses Nose – final, 06-11 SJ Raven & Daylight – final
SJ Yéil Ḵutláakw (mp3)
Content: Yéil Ḵutláakw
November 9, 2015 (watch class)
Content: “mid term” presentations!
November 2, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: Nyman1, Nyman2
Content: Haa Tuwunáagu Yís, Gági Wdul.aat
October 26, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: packet-6,
Content: Because We Cherish You, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
October 19, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: porcupine & beaver story
Beaver and Porcupine
Content: Comprehension Exercise, Haa Tuwnáagu Yís, class plan
October 12, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: packet-5
Content: Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
October 5, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: packet-4
Content: Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
Handouts: packet-4a, packet-4
September 28, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: packet-2, packet-3
Content: Adverbs, Adjectives, Haa Shuká …
September 21, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: adjectives & adverbs
Content: Adverbs, Adjectives, Haa Shuká …
September 14, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: packet-1, Verbal Structure Handbook, Tlingit Verbal Structure Template, Listen: The Education of Nora Dauenhauer, Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide
Content: guest speaker, course methodology, immersion methods, language structure, Lingít shkalneegí
August 31, 2015 (watch class)
Introductions, class overview, topics for immersion
Handouts: AKL 350 Syllabus
Content: Introductions, immersion methods