Han

Language name and locationː Hän (Han Kutchin), Canada, USA [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 哈恩语, 加拿大, 美国

1. ihłeyy /ihɬejː/, chʼihłeyy [tʃʼihɬejː] *	21. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ ihłeyy
2. nä̀nkąyy /nɑ̀nkxãjː /	22. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ nä̀nkąyy
3. chaww /tʃʰawː/	23. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ chaww
4. dänn /tɑnː/	24. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ dänn
5. ihłonlàʼ (''one hand''), chʼëlàʼ ihłeyy *	25. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ ihłonlàʼ
6. nkʼechaww ( litː ''three repeated'' )	26. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ nkʼechaww
7. wënlättʼòʼ nä̀nkąyy tsʼ dhë̀chann	27. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ 7
8. nkʼedänn ( litː ''four repeated'')	28. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ nkʼedänn
9. wënlächä̀t ihłeyy zhèyy dhë̀chann *	29. nä̀nkąyy jèchann tsʼ 9
10. ihłeyy jèchann ( litː 'hands' )	30. chaww jèchann
11. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ ihłeyy	40. dänn jèchann
12. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ nä̀nkąyy	50. ihłonlàʼ jèchann
13. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ chaww	60. nkʼechaww jèchann
14. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ dänn	70. wënlättʼòʼ nä̀nkąyy tsʼą̀ʼ dhë̀chann jèchann
15. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ ihłonlàʼ	80. nkʼedänn jèchann
16. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ nkʼechaww	90. wënlächä̀t ihłeyy zhèyy dhë̀chann jèchann
17. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ 7	100. ihłeyy jèchann jèchann
18. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ nkʼedänn	200. nä̀nkąyy jèchann jèchann
19. ihłeyy jèchann tsʼ 9	1000. jèchann jèchann jèchann
20. nä̀nkąyy jèchann	2000. nä̀nkąyy jèchann jèchann jèchann

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Willem J. de Reuse, Department of Linguistics and Technical Communication, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, November 27, 2012. Data taken from Ruth Ridley 'Eagle Han Huchʼinn Hòdök', 1983.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Willem J. de Reuse, 2012 年 11 月 27 日.

Other comments: Hän or Han Kutchin has a counting system similar to that of Gwich'in language. Han and Gwich'in are closely related languages, but not mutually intelligible. This is due not only to lexical differences, but also to the fact that Gwich'in phonologically evolved from Proto-Athabascan in more drastic ways than Han did (Although Although, in some cases, Gwich'in is more conservative than Han in the consonantal evolution.) Han speakers, however, were traditionally bilingual in Han and Gwich'in, which means that many Han speakers are under the impression that Han and Gwich'in are mutually intelligible.

Note that the forms in above chart are in the Eagle (Alaska) dialect and spellings, the Klondike-Moosehide (Yukon Territory, Canada), dialect has slightly different forms for 1, 3, 4, and 5, and various other imaginative methods for the decades. I also added two other Eagle dialect versions of 1: chʼihłeyy, and 5: chʼëlàʼ ihłeyy (lit: ''someone's hand, one'').

About jechann. It turns out on closer examination that jèchąh is a better spelling than jèchan(n). What does it mean? I am not quite sure, speakers do not seem to know, possibly 'they (hands) are parallel to each other'?? It must be related to the form dhë̀chąh which occurs in 7 and in 9, and which means 'a slender sticklike object is in position'. So 7 is literally: wënlätthʼòʼ 'his/her finger(s) 'nä̀nkąyy 'two' tsʼʼ 'to, and' dhë̀chąh 'a slender sticklike object is in position'. And 9 is literally: wënlächä̀t 'his/her thumb' ihłeyy 'one' zhèyy 'down vertically' dhë̀chąh 'a slender sticklike object is in position'.

Note that the Phonetic transcriptions between IPA and phonetic Americanist ː

1. chʼ = IPA [tʃʼ], voiceless ejective affricate.

2. zh = IPA [ʒ], voiced palatal fricative.

3. ch = IPA [tʃ], voiceless palatal affricate.

Under-hooked vowels are nasal vowelsː a̜, e̜, i̜, o̜ and u̜ = IPA ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ and ũ.

There are two tones in Hänː à = low tone and high tone unmarked.

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