The existence of Eyak-derived Tlingit names along most of the coast towards southeast Alaska is strong evidence that the prehistoric range of Eyak was once far greater than it was at the time of European contact.

In June 2010, the Anchorage Daily News published an article about Guillaume Leduey, a French college student with an unexpected connection to the Eyak language.

Beginning at age 12, he had taught himself Eyak, utilizing print and audio instructional materials he obtained from the Alaska Native Language Center.

During that time, he never traveled to Alaska or conversed with Marie Smith Jones, the last native speaker.

In June 2011, Leduey returned to Alaska to facilitate Eyak language workshops in Anchorage and Cordova.

[9] Currently, Leduey provides instruction and curriculum assistance to the Eyak Language Project from France.

The Project provides countless language resources including immersion workshops, an online dictionary with audio samples, and a set of eLearning lessons, among others.

In June 2014, the Eyak Language Revitalization Project announced an online program called "dAXunhyuuga'", which means "the words of the people.

The following charts are based on the material in Krauss (1965); IPA equivalents are shown in square brackets.

An alternative version uses ⟨ə ł x̣ g̣⟩ instead of ⟨A L X G⟩ for /ə ɬ χ q/, and ⟨j č š c cʼ⟩ instead of ⟨dj ch sh ts tsʼ⟩ for /t͡ʃ t͡ʃʱ ʃ t͡s t͡sʼ/ respectively.

These combinations may almost be said to form lexemes, especially due to the fact that preverbals are rarely if ever used in isolation in natural speech.

One preverbal is most common, but combinations of two are equally possible, as in ’uya’ ’Adq’Ach’ k’udAdAGu’ "hot water bottle" (in it onto self something/someone is kept warm).

Eyak lacks conjunctions and many postpositions assume a similar function, creating subordinate clauses.

An artificial but grammatical example presents near-maximum affixal positions filled: dik’ lAXi:qAqi’dAxsLXa’Xch’gLG "I did not tickle your (plural, emphatically) feet."

Relatively few sentences, however, follow this exact pattern; it is far more common to find SV or OV.