Eyak is an extinct
Na-Dené language historically spoken by the
Eyak people, indigenous to south-central
Alaska, near the mouth of the
Copper River. The name Eyak comes from a
Chugach Sugpiaq name (Igya'aq) for an Eyak village at the mouth of the Eyak River. It was the first Alaskan language to go extinct in recent history.