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. The closest relatives ....