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Sep 27, 2018 · The majority of the Alaskan population (approximately 84%) speak English as their primary language. The next largest language is Spanish, spoken by 3.5% of the population. Other Indo-European languages and Asian languages are spoken by 2.2% and 4.3% of the population respectively.
The standard map of Alaska Native languages, Michael Krauss' Native Peoples and Languages of Alaska (1974, revised 1982), shows language relationships as shades of colors. The languages of the Inuit-Aleut family are shades of blue, while the languages of the Athabascan family of are shades of red.
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A rich diversity of languages has been spoken in Alaska since time immemorial. There are twenty Alaska Native languages, from four distinct language families. The language family with the largest number of speakers in Alaska is the Inuit-Yupik-Unangax language family (also known as Eskimo-Aleut).
The language boundaries represent traditional territories at approximately 1900 and are based on those established in Michael E. Krauss' Native Peoples and Languages of Alaska map (1974, revised 1982 -- G961K1974b ). The current map was generated digitally using geographic information systems (GIS) technology.
Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council Languages. Alaska has some 23 distinct languages, most within two main language groups. The two groupings include Inuit-Unangan (a.k.a. Eskimo-Aleut) and Na-Dene (a.k.a. Athabasan-Eyak-Tlingit).
Alaska is home to two of North America's major language families, both of which have spread far beyond Alaska. As the small map above indicates, the Inuit-Yupik-Aleut family has spread across northern Canada to Greenland and west to Chukotka and the Commander Islands in Russia.
Since time immemorial, an abundance of diverse Alaska Native languages have been spoken across the state, including twenty Alaska Native languages from four distinct language families.
