The Deg Xinag language is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hit?an peoples in Shageluk and Anvik and at Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River in Alaska. About 15 out of a total population of about 275 Deg Hit?an people speak the language.

Engithidong Xugixudhoy (Their Stories of Long Ago), a collection of traditional folk tales in the Deg Xinag language by the elder Belle Deacon, was published in 1987 by the Alaska Native Language Center. A literacy manual with accompanying audiotapes was published in 1993.

External links

• Deg Xinag - Language of the Deg Hit'an
• Deg Xinag (ANLC)
• Rescuing a language: College course unites far-flung students and elders in an effort to save Deg Xinag

Bibliography

• Alaskan Native Language Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
• Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).