Gwich’in

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Athabaskan language Indigenous language Northern Athabaskan language natural language

Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.

Aliases (9)

Gwich’in people ×6
Athabaskan peoples ×5
Gwichʼin ×5
Athabascan peoples ×4
Alaskan Gwich’in ×1
Canadian Gwich’in ×1
Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in autonym) ×1
Dinjii Zhuh (self-designation of Gwich’in people) ×1
Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language → Indigenous language → Northern Athabaskan language → natural language →
hasAlternativeName	Kutchin → Loucheux →
hasDialects	Alaskan Gwich’in → Canadian Gwich’in →
hasEndonym	Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik →
hasGlottocode	gwic1236 →
hasISO639-3Code	gwi →
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts	community-based language classes → documentation and dictionary projects → immersion and school programs →
hasLinguisticTypology	head-marking → verb-centered morphology →
hasMorphologyType	polysynthetic →
hasNeighboringLanguages	Hän → Inuvialuktun → Koyukon → Tłı̨chǫ →
hasNumberOfSpeakers	a few hundred to a few thousand speakers →
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone →
hasWordOrder	SOV →
isDocumentedIn	dictionaries → grammars → text collections →
isEndangered	true →
isPartOf	Gwich’in cultural heritage →
isRegulatedBy	Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute → Yukon Native Language Centre →
isTaughtAt	schools in Gwich’in communities →
languageFamily	Athabaskan languages → Northern Athabaskan languages →
region	Yukon Territory → northern Alaska → northwestern Canada →
spokenBy	Gwich’in people →
spokenIn	Alaska → Canada → Northwest Territories → United States → Yukon →
subclassOf	Dene language → Na-Dene language →
usesAlphabet	Gwich’in alphabet →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska Natives ("Athabascan peoples") → Alaska Natives → Dene ("Gwichʼin") →	hasSubgroup
Gwich’in ("Alaskan Gwich’in") → Gwich’in ("Canadian Gwich’in") →	hasDialects
Alaska ("Athabaskan peoples") → Interior Alaska ("Athabascan peoples") →	indigenousPeoples
Yukon River → Yukon River ("Athabaskan peoples") →	indigenousPeoplesAssociated
Alaska → Yukon Territory →	recognizedIndigenousLanguages
Apache ("Athabaskan peoples") → Apache tribes ("Athabaskan peoples") →	subgroupOf
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik →	alsoKnownAs
Kutchin →	alternateName
Loucheux →	alternativeNameOf
Gwich’in alphabet ("Gwich’in people") →	associatedEthnicity
Koyukon ("Gwichʼin") →	closelyRelatedTo
Loucheux ("Gwich’in people") →	ethnonymFor
Yukon Native Language Centre →	focusLanguage
Loucheux ("Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in autonym)") →	hasAutonym
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ("Gwich’in people") →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Kutchin ("Dinjii Zhuh (self-designation of Gwich’in people)") →	hasEthnonym
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ("Gwich’in people") →	hasIndigenousConnection
Indigenous languages of Canada ("Gwichʼin") →	includesLanguage
Southwestern Alaska ("Athabascan peoples") →	indigenousPeople
Gwich’in ("Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute") →	isRegulatedBy
Kuskokwim River ("Athabascan peoples") →	isTraditionalTerritoryOf
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories →	languageUsed
Chipewyan ("Gwichʼin") →	neighboringLanguages
Northwest Territories →	officialLanguage
Dene ("Athabaskan peoples") →	partOf
Gwich’in ("Gwich’in people") →	spokenBy
Brooks Range ("Gwichʼin") →	traditionalHomelandOf
Gwich’in alphabet ("Gwich’in people") →	usedBy