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= Kaska Language =
{{distinguish|Kaskian language}}{{Infobox language
| name = Kaska
| nativename = Dene Zágéʼ
| states = Canada
| ethnicity = 540 [[Kaska people]] in 2 of the 4 communities (2014, [[First Peoples' Cultural Council|FPCC]])<ref name=FPCC/>
| speakers = 15 in 2 of the 4 communities<ref>Figure is for 2 of 3 communities in British Columbia.  Number in Yukon is unreported.</ref>
| date = 2014, [[First Peoples' Cultural Council|FPCC]]
| ref = <ref name=FPCC>[http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf]</ref>
| familycolor = Dené-Yeniseian
| fam2 = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]
| fam3 = [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]
| fam4 = [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan]]
| fam5 = Central Cordillera
| iso3 = kkz
| glotto = kask1239
| glottorefname = Kaska
}}'''Kaska''' is a [[Northern Athabaskan language]] spoken by the [[Kaska people]] in the southeastern [[Yukon]] territory and northern [[British Columbia]] in [[Canada]]. '''In the Yukon area, for the towns of Good Hope Lake and Ross River, Watson Lake and Lower-Upper Liard acts like the central point, Where Kaska Language is spoken the most.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allyn|first=Meek, Barbra|date=2001-01-01|title=Kaska language socialization, acquisition and shift|url=http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/290390|language=en-US}}</ref>''' 

==Endangerment==
With around 300 speakers as of 2011, the Ethnologue lists Kaska as Status 7 (shifting), despite also listing four communities ([[Good Hope Lake]], [[Lower Post]], [[Watson Lake, Yukon|Watson Lake]] and [[Ross River, Yukon|Ross River]]) where the language is taught in schools.<ref>Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.</ref> '''The endangerment can be linked to many factors, but the results of residential schools and post-war period is the most significant.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=J.|first=Moore, Patrick|date=2003/00/00|title=Lessons on the Land: The Role of Kaska Elders in a University Language Course.|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ673681|journal=Canadian Journal of Native Education|language=en|volume=27|issue=1|issn=0710-1481}}</ref>''' 

== Endangerment ==
'''A research done in the period of 1998 to 2000 and 2005 to 2008 including both Yukon and British Columbia areas, showed around 975 people that was able to speak the language.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=p-MvlWpQ498C&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Meek,+B.+A.+(2012).+We+are+our+language:+An+ethnography+of+language+revitalization+in+a+Northern+Athabaskan+community.+University+of+Arizona+Press.&ots=mvmeMQGqM2&sig=BaRTDAIsbD9JzyQ0556IKkydtzA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Meek,%20B.%20A.%20(2012).%20We%20are%20our%20language:%20An%20ethnography%20of%20language%20revitalization%20in%20a%20Northern%20Athabaskan%20community.%20University%20of%20Arizona%20Press.&f=false|title=We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community|last=Meek|first=Barbra A.|date=2012-02-01|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=9780816504480|language=en}}</ref>'''   

Now around 300 speakers as of 2011, the Ethnologue lists Kaska as Status 7 (shifting), despite also listing four communities ([[Good Hope Lake]], [[Lower Post]], [[Watson Lake, Yukon|Watson Lake]] and [[Ross River, Yukon|Ross River]]) where the language is taught in schools.<ref>Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.</ref>{{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}}