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13-612: Chignik ( Alutiiq : Cirniq ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska , United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak . At the 2020 census the population was 97, up from 91 in 2010. On April 17, 1911, a gale blew ashore numerous ships such as the Benjamin F. Packard , the Star of Alaska , and the Jabez Howes , a three-masted, full-rigged ship owned by

26-591: A household in the city was $ 34,000, and the median income for a family was $ 51,000. The male and female median incomes were equal, at $ 31,250. The per capita income for Chignik was $ 16,000. 5% of the population lived below the poverty line; none were under 18 or over 64 years old. The climate present in Chignik is a typical subarctic climate ( Köppen : Dfc ), however it is mild when compared to other Alaskan towns with this climate type, for example Fairbanks or Fort Yukon . Alutiiq language The ethnonyms of

39-542: A native speaker without language-teaching experience. The game trains speakers in language fluency . The technique has been used in instruction of Alutiiq , Chinuk Wawa , Konkow , Kutenai , Mohawk , Navajo , O'odham , Squamish , Unangax , French , Latin , Irish , Korean , Turkish , and at a Chickasaw language immersion camp for families. Users report that the Where Are Your Keys? technique can be used with any language for which

52-456: A sole occupant 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.3. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 25% under the age of 18, 14% from 18 to 24, 33% from 25 to 44, 23% from 45 to 64, and 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 114 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111 males. The median income for

65-432: A total of 566 residents, which made it the 13th largest community in the territory of Alaska. This was the last time it appeared on the census until Chignik in 1940. As of the census of 2000, there were 79 people, 29 households, and 20 families residing in the city. The population density was 7 per square mile (3/km). There were 80 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km). The racial makeup of

78-764: A willing fluent speaker is available. According to creator Evan Gardner, Where Are Your Keys? is partially based on the Total Physical Response technique. Where Are Your Keys? language acquisition workshops have been held at the American Indian Language Development Institute of the University of Arizona , at Stanford University , at Northwest Indian College , at the 2010 "Save Your Language" Conference in Vancouver , British Columbia , at

91-433: Is based on repeated questions and answers, with a set of gestures. Initially, the student makes gestures for specific, concrete objects, such as keys or a rock, and then moves on to adjectives. The student always responds in full sentences. The language gestures used are based on American Sign Language . Because the focus is creating an interactive game between the native speaker and the learner, it may be preferable to select

104-420: Is water. Chignik first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village, although it was preceded by "Chignik Bay", which may have included the village and canneries in the surrounding area, including Chignik Lagoon. Chignik Bay reported a population of 193 in 1890 (which was majority Asian (121), with 66 White residents, 5 Native Alaskans & 1 Other). It did not report again until 1910 when it had

117-599: The Columbia River Packers Association and used as a cannery tender . Chignik is located at 56°17′54″N 158°24′16″W  /  56.29833°N 158.40444°W  / 56.29833; -158.40444 (56.298297, −158.404402). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 16 square miles (41 km), 12 sq mi (31 km) of it is land and 4 sq mi (10 km)

130-682: The Sugpiaq-Alutiiq are a predicament. Aleut , Alutiiq , Sugpiaq , Russian , Pacific Eskimo , Unegkuhmiut , and Chugach Eskimo are among the terms that have been used to identify this group of Native people living on the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. About 400 of the Alutiiq population of 3,000 still speak the Alutiiq language. Alutiiq communities are currently in the process of revitalizing their language. In 2010

143-440: The city was 32% white, 61% Native American, 3% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% from other races, and 1% from two or more races. 1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 29 households; 11 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 19 were married couples living together, 2 had a female householder with no husband present, and 8 were non-families. Seven households were individuals, and 10 consisted of

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156-868: The high school in Kodiak responded to requests from students and agreed to teach the Alutiiq language. The Kodiak dialect of the language was spoken by only about 50 persons, all of them elderly, and the dialect was in danger of being lost entirely. As of 2014, Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is offering classes using the " Where Are Your Keys? " technique. Consonants may be double and have geminated sounds (e.g. kk ; [kː] ). More consonants /ɾ~r, lʲ, rʲ/ can only be found in loanwords. All vowels except for /ə/ , are considered as full vowels, distinguished with vowel length. /ə/ does not lengthen, nor occurs into vowel clusters, but may tend to be devoiced as /ə̥/ next to other consonants. After voiceless consonants,

169-399: The voiceless nasals are written without h-. The comparison of number terms and month names in the two dialects: Where Are Your Keys%3F Where Are Your Keys? (WAYK) is an interactive technique for learning languages directly from native speakers. It is a game-based approach that uses gesture and sign language to facilitate immediate communication in the target language. The game

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