Editing Alaska (section)

===Languages===
{{Further|Alaska Native languages}}

According to the 2011 American Community Survey, 83.4% of people over the age of five spoke only English at home. About 3.5% spoke Spanish at home, 2.2% spoke another [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]], about 4.3% spoke an [[Languages of Asia|Asian]] language (including [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]),<ref>"50 Quick Facts about Alaska" {{ISBN|978-1-783-33276-2}}</ref> and about 5.3% spoke other languages at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2013/acs/acs-22.pdf|title=Language use in the United States, 2011|access-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513042213/http://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2013/acs/acs-22.pdf|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, the American Community Survey determined 83.7% spoke only English, and 16.3% spoke another language other than English. The most spoken European language after English was Spanish, spoken by approximately 4.0% of the state population. Collectively, Asian and Pacific Islander languages were spoken by 5.6% of Alaskans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Language Statistics|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20languages&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1601|access-date=2021-05-22|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522170320/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Alaska%20languages&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1601|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2010, a total of 5.2% of Alaskans speak one of the state's 20 [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|indigenous languages]],<ref>Graves, K, PhD, MSW, Rosich, R, PhD, McBride, M, PhD, RN, Charles, G, Phd and LaBelle, J, MA: Health and health care if Alaska Native Older Adults. {{cite web |url=http://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/ |title=Ethno Med – Alaska Native – Description – Geriatrics – Stanford Medicine |access-date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128175847/http://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/ |archive-date=January 28, 2014 }}. In Periyakoil VS, eds. eCampus Geriatrics, Stanford Ca, 2010.</ref> known locally as "native languages".

The [[Alaska Native Language Center]] at the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] claims that at least 20 [[Alaska Native languages|Alaskan native languages]] exist and there are also some languages with different dialects.<ref name="uaf.edu">{{cite web |title=Languages, Alaska Native Language Center |url=http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727073141/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of Alaska's native languages belong to either the [[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]] or [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dene]] language families; some languages are thought to be [[Language isolate|isolates]] (e.g. [[Haida language|Haida]]) or have not yet been classified (e.g. [[Tsimshianic languages|Tsimshianic]]).<ref name="uaf.edu" /> {{as of|2014}} nearly all of Alaska's native languages were classified as either threatened, shifting, moribund, nearly extinct, or dormant languages.<ref>Languages, Alaska Native Language Center, [[Ethnologue]] (classifications), http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706170402/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/stats/ |date=July 6, 2014 }}</ref>

In October 2014, the governor of Alaska signed a bill declaring the state's 20 indigenous languages to have official status.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/24/alaskas-indigenous-languages-official "Alaska's indigenous languages attain official status"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212093511/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/24/alaskas-indigenous-languages-official |date=February 12, 2017 }}, Reuters.com, October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20216&session=28|title=Bill History/Action for 28th Legislature HB 216|website=The Alaska State Legislature|access-date=January 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204183710/http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?bill=HB%20216&session=28|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> This bill gave them symbolic recognition as official languages, though they have not been adopted for official use within the government. The 20 languages that were included in the bill are:

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#[[Inupiat language|Inupiaq]]
#[[Central Siberian Yupik language|Siberian Yupik]]
#[[Central Alaskan Yup'ik language|Central Alaskan Yup'ik]]
#[[Alutiiq language|Alutiiq]]
#[[Aleut language|Unangax]]
#[[Dena'ina language|Dena'ina]]
#[[Deg Xinag language|Deg Xinag]]
#[[Holikachuk language|Holikachuk]]
#[[Koyukon language|Koyukon]]
#[[Upper Kuskokwim language|Upper Kuskokwim]]
#[[Gwich'in language|Gwich'in]]
#[[Lower Tanana language|Tanana]]
#[[Upper Tanana language|Upper Tanana]]
#[[Tanacross language|Tanacross]]
#[[Hän language|Hän]]
#[[Ahtna language|Ahtna]]
#[[Eyak language|Eyak]]
#[[Tlingit language|Tlingit]]
#[[Haida language|Haida]]
#[[Coast Tsimshian dialect|Tsimshian]]
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