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No known L1 speakers.",
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date_of_info: "2006",
public_comment: ""Marie Smith Jones (née Stevens) was the youngest Eyak speaker and is now, age 88, the last speaker of Eyak." In 1961 there were 6 speakers of Eyak: Anna Nelson Harry, George Johnson, Lena Saska Naktan, Marie Smith Jones, Sophie Borodin, and Mike Sewak.",
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public_comment: ""Eyak was the first of Alaska’s endangered languages to lose its last native speaker. Now, Eyak is about to become the first 'extinct' language in Alaska to come back to life."",
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public_comment: ""Last speaker died in January 2008. "Ethnic population: 50 (1995 M. Krauss)."",
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updated_at: "2018-03-29 16:15:50",
speaker_attitude: "There is increasing interest in language learning, including regular video conference session and summer camps.",
government_support: "No government support",
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