▁groups ▁were ▁absor bed ▁by ▁the ▁G ulf ▁Coast ▁T ling it ▁populations . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁replacement ▁of ▁E y ak ▁by ▁T ling it ▁among ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁mixed ▁groups ▁after ▁a ▁few ▁gener ations , ▁as ▁reported ▁in ▁T ling it ▁or al ▁histor ies ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁Rev ival ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁An ch orage ▁Daily ▁News ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁about ▁Guillaume ▁Led ue y , ▁a ▁French ▁college ▁student ▁with ▁an ▁unexpected ▁connection ▁to ▁the ▁E y ak ▁language . ▁Begin ning ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 2 , ▁he ▁had ▁taught ▁himself ▁E y ak , ▁util izing ▁print ▁and ▁audio ▁instruction al ▁materials ▁he ▁obtained ▁from ▁the ▁Al aska ▁Native ▁Language ▁Center . ▁During ▁that ▁time , ▁he ▁never ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Al aska ▁or ▁convers ed ▁with ▁Marie ▁Smith ▁Jones , ▁the ▁last ▁native ▁speaker . ▁ ▁The ▁month ▁that ▁the ▁article ▁was ▁published , ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Al aska ▁and ▁met ▁with ▁Dr . ▁Michael ▁Kra uss , ▁a ▁noted ▁lingu ist ▁and ▁Professor ▁Emer it us ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Al aska ▁Fair b anks . ▁Dr . ▁Kra uss ▁assist ed ▁Led ue y ▁with ▁proper ▁E y ak ▁ph on ological ▁pron unci ation ▁and ▁assigned ▁further ▁instruction ▁in ▁grammar ▁and ▁morph ology — including ▁morph em ic ▁anal ys es ▁of ▁traditional ▁E y ak ▁stories . ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Led ue y