9-531: Eklutna Lake ( Dena'ina : Idlu Bena ) is a 1,424.5 hectares (3,520 acres) lake in the Municipality of Anchorage , Alaska, near the village of Eklutna . It is located entirely inside Chugach State Park and is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 7 miles (11 km) in length. The only land access is by Eklutna Lake Road, which is described as "narrow and winding with no shoulders". Only unpowered boats and electric trolling motors are permitted, and there
18-598: A large campground, picnic areas, and a substantial trail system providing access to backcountry and Eklutna Glacier , the source of the lake and river. Dena%CA%BCina language Denaʼina / d ɪ ˈ n aɪ n ə / , also Tanaina , is the Athabaskan language of the region surrounding Cook Inlet . It is geographically unique in Alaska as the only Alaska Athabaskan language to include territory which borders salt water. Four dialects are usually distinguished: Of
27-584: A syllable onset is one or two consonants. Dena'ina uses a variant of the Latin alphabet, though a Dena'ina artist, Argent Kvasnikoff, created a custom alphabet for the language. Denaʼina is a polysynthetic language where a single word can mean the entirety of an English sentence. nu- again- n- you- t- FUT - n- see- gh- FUT - sh- I- l- CL - 'ił see/ FUT nu- n- t- n- gh- sh- l- 'ił again- you- FUT- see- FUT- I- CL- see/FUT "I will see you again." Verbs are
36-478: Is no boat launch ramp. There is a small airstrip at the south end of the lake. As a reservoir, the lake is the main source of Anchorage's drinking water and a major source of electricity via a hydroelectric dam that diverts almost all of the water that used to comprise the Eklutna River . The agencies that own the dam are required to begin restoring the river by 2027, and completely restore it by 2032. With
45-564: The environment of a uvular consonant. Generally, the vowels i, a, and u are considered 'long' vowels and are fully pronounced in words, however the e is considered a reduced vowel similar to the English schwa . In the Inland dialect, syllables at the end of a semantic unit are often longer, lower in pitch, and have longer rhymes. The onset of a syllable has consonant clusters of up to three, such as CCCVC, though these are rare and more commonly,
54-516: The human plural suffix ina . While the apostrophe which joins the two parts of this word ordinarily indicates a glottal stop, most speakers pronounce this with a diphthong, so that the second syllable of the word rhymes with English 'nine' (as in the older spelling Tanaina ). Denaʼina is one of seven Alaska Athabaskan languages which does not distinguish phonemic tone. The consonants of Denaʼina in practical orthography, with IPA equivalents. The 4 vowels of Denaʼina. Close vowels are more open in
63-522: The most elaborate part of speech in the Denaʼina language, which vary in verb paradigms which vary by subject, object, or aspect. The following example is of -lan the verb "to be" in the imperfective aspect and in the Nondalton dialect. esh lan esh lan I am ch'i lan ch'i lan we are in lan in lan you are eh lan eh lan you all are n lan n lan he/she/it
72-411: The removal of an older, unused diversion dam downstream there is interest in restoring the previous water flow back to the river sooner rather than waiting, in order to provide anadromous salmon habitat, an effort supported by nonprofit groups and U.S. Representative Don Young . The lake contains sizable populations of Kokanee salmon and Dolly Varden trout . Park facilities around the lake include
81-421: The total Denaʼina population of about 900 people, only 75–95 members still speak Denaʼina. James Kari has done extensive work on the language since 1972, including his edition with Alan Boraas of the collected writings of Peter Kalifornsky in 1991. Joan M. Tenenbaum also conducted extensive field research on the language in the 1970s. The word Denaʼina is composed of the dena , meaning 'person' and
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