ALASKA NATIVE LANGUAGE CENTER


Take the next steps in improving your language skills. Join the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native language revitalization movement. Identify your oral and written strengths. Reconnect with your Native language. Excel with support and advising resources to help you on your educational journey. You can do it all at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center.

We Are Accepting Manuscript Submissions!

The »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center is now accepting manuscript submission. If you have authored a book in or about an »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native language and are looking to publish, we want to hear from you!

Check out our Submission Guidelines!

Explore Opportunities at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center

Are you interested in learning or teaching »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native languages? Maybe you already speak one or more of »¨½·Ö±²¥â€™s 20+ Native languages and want to grow closer to your culture and community members?

The »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ has the resources and programs to help you build a solid foundation in »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native languages, linguistics and cultural history. Opportunities include undergraduate and associate degrees, as well as professional certificates, in languages such as Yup’ik Language and Iñupiaq Language. We offer the only bachelor’s degree granting programs in »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native languages in the world.

UAF students are as varied as the languages we teach — from high school students looking to earn dual credit to retired adults who want to develop new skills or learn more about their culture. Some take classes on campus while others join remotely from different parts of the world. At the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center, we welcome everyone to share in the joys of learning a new language and exploring rich cultures.

»¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center Degrees and Programs

Earn your bachelor’s degree, add a minor to your major field of study or complete a certificate program. UAF’s »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center offers services to help you find a new career or become a more active participant in your community.

Programs in the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center include:

  • Minors in »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Languages
  • Yup’ik Language and Culture
  • Iñupiaq Language
  • Native Language Education
Programs and Courses

 

Student Services at the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center

Learning a new language is not a solitary activity, and it’s necessary to have people who care about you and your academic journey. At the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center, you’ll have the support of dedicated advisors, counselors and faculty mentors who will help you at every stage of your educational experience.

Our caring advisors will help you find the right language program, plan your courses and apply for financial aid. As a student at the »¨½·Ö±²¥, you’ll benefit from access to the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Languages Archive, which houses resources on the more than 20 Native languages spoken in »¨½·Ö±²¥ dating back to the 1940s.

»¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center Courses

Learn more about a Native language while gaining a deeper understanding of culture and history that you can share with others. At UAF’s »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center, you can take courses in person for a campus experience or remotely to fit your work and life schedules.

Explore courses from the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center
»¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center Resources

Learn more about the many »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native languages spoken throughout the region.

View »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center Resources
Financial Aid Opportunities at the »¨½·Ö±²¥

Receive financial support to help pay for tuition, course fees, books and living expenses. The »¨½·Ö±²¥ offers financial aid advising services to ensure the »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native Language Center is accessible to everyone. This includes FAFSA workshops in villages throughout »¨½·Ö±²¥.

Learn more about financial aid resources

 

Outreach and Events

Announcements

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    We are excited to announce two new publications now available at our bookstore:

    Yoko KugoNavarpagmiut Ganemciit-llu Iliamna Lake People and Their Stories: Place Names and Sense of Place, Complied by Yoko Kugo

     

    Anna BergeA Grammar of Kodiak Island Alutiiq by Anna Berge

     

  • Two »¨½·Ö±²¥ native people sitting

     

    The Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, by James Kari, is a midsized Lexware dictionary that consolidates nearly all  primary data for this language of »¨½·Ö±²¥â€™s middle Tanana River Valley from the years 1903 to 2023. 

    Now available in ebook, hardcover and paperback at the ANLC bookstore.

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    The new is now online. Check it out and buy a book or two while you're there.

  • Honoring our Elders

     
    ANLC honors the Elders and knowledge bearers who helped promote »¨½·Ö±²¥ Native languages. 
    Visit the Remembering our Elders page