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Lingít
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lingit
English
Etymology
en tli Lingít
Noun
sp
en Tlingit people
en Yvonne Krumrey Ravenstail Labubus bring attention to Indigenous weaving Anchorage Daily News 2025-09-25 https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/09/25/ravenstail-labubus-bring-attention-to-indigenous-weaving/ A Lingít master weaver is using viral monster dolls called Labubus to bring attention to Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving. https://web.archive.org/web/20251002100613/https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/09/25/ravenstail-labubus-bring-attention-to-indigenous-weaving/ 2 October 2025
en Yvonne Krumrey Navy apologizes to Angoon community for bombarding village in 1882 NPR 2024-10-29 https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5155051/navy-apologizes-to-angoon-community-for-bombarding-village-in-1882 This fall, the U.S. Navy issued two formal apologies to Lingít communities in Alaska for assaults committed over a century ago. On Oct. 26, one of those attacks was commemorated. https://web.archive.org/web/20250721165841/https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5155051/navy-apologizes-to-angoon-community-for-bombarding-village-in-1882 21 July 2025
Proper noun
en Tlingit language
en Yvonne Krumrey ‘Kuhaantí,’ a children’s book written entirely in Lingít, is the first of its kind in decades Alaska Public Media 2023-10-27 https://alaskapublic.org/news/2023-10-27/kuhaanti-a-childrens-book-written-entirely-in-lingit-is-the-first-of-its-kind-in-decades University of Alaska Southeast language professor X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, who collaborated with master Lingít speakers to write the book, says the lack of English translation serves two purposes. https://web.archive.org/web/20260212033248/https://alaskapublic.org/news/2023-10-27/kuhaanti-a-childrens-book-written-entirely-in-lingit-is-the-first-of-its-kind-in-decades 12 February 2026
Tlingit
Pronunciation
tli [ɬìn.ˈkítʰ]
Noun
tli noun
Tlingit people
Tlingit language
See also
lingít
tli Languages