▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁K uh ban an ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁E y ak , ▁now ▁ext inct , ▁was ▁a ▁Na - Den é ▁language ▁histor ically ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁E y ak ▁people , ▁ind igen ous ▁to ▁south - central ▁Al aska , ▁near ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁the ▁Co pper ▁River . ▁The ▁name ▁E y ak ▁comes ▁from ▁a ▁Ch ug ach ▁Sug p ia q ▁name ▁( I gy a ' a q ) ▁for ▁an ▁E y ak ▁village ▁at ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁the ▁E y ak ▁River . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Al ask an ▁language ▁to ▁go ▁ext inct ▁in ▁recent ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁closest ▁relatives ▁of ▁E y ak ▁are ▁the ▁Ath ab ask an ▁languages . ▁The ▁E y ak – A th ab ask an ▁group ▁forms ▁a ▁basic ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Na - Den é ▁language ▁family , ▁the ▁other ▁being ▁T ling it . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁T ling it ▁place ▁names ▁along ▁the ▁G ulf ▁Coast ▁are ▁derived ▁from ▁names ▁in ▁E y ak ; ▁they ▁have ▁obsc ure ▁or ▁even ▁n ons ens ical ▁mean ings ▁in ▁T ling it , ▁but ▁or al ▁tradition ▁has ▁maintained ▁many ▁E y ak ▁et ym ologies . ▁The ▁existence ▁of ▁E y ak - der ived ▁T ling it ▁names ▁along ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁coast ▁towards ▁sout heast ▁Al aska ▁is ▁strong ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁pre histor ic ▁range ▁of ▁E y ak ▁was ▁once ▁far