Tlingit is a Na-Dené language distantly related to Eyak and the Athabaskan languages, with around 400 native speakers in the USA and Canada. It is spoken in Southeast Alaska from Yakutat (Yaakwdáat, Yàkwdât) south to the Canadian border at Portland Canal, and in Canada inland from British Columbia into south central Yukon Territory between Tagish and Kaska northward.