Koyukon (also called
Denaakk'e) is the geographically most widespread Athabascan language spoken in
Alaska. The
Athabaskan language is spoken along the
Koyukuk and the middle
Yukon River in western interior Alaska. In 2007, the language had approximately 300 speakers, who were generally older adults bilingual in
English. The total
Koyukon ethnic population was 2,300.