Gwich’in

E13412

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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Gwichʼin	25
Gwich’in canonical	16
Gwich’in people	15
Athabaskan peoples	5
Athabascan peoples	4
Canadian Gwich’in	3
Alaskan Gwich’in	2
Gwich'in	2
Gwich'in Athabascan people	2
Gwichʼin people	2
Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in autonym)	1
Dinjii Zhuh (self-designation of Gwich’in people)	1
Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute	1
Kutchin-Gwich’in	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Indigenous language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kutchin ⓘ Loucheux ⓘ
hasDialects	Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alaskan Gwich’in Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute Yukon Native Language Centre ⓘ
isTaughtAt	schools in Gwich’in communities ⓘ
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
region	Yukon Territory ⓘ northern Alaska ⓘ northwestern Canada ⓘ
spokenBy	Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwich’in people
spokenIn	Alaska ⓘ Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yukon ⓘ
subclassOf	Dene language ⓘ Na-Dene language ⓘ
usesAlphabet	Gwich’in alphabet ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Gwich’in ⓘ

Alaska → indigenousPeoples → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Gwich’in → spokenBy → Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Gwich’in → hasDialects → Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaskan Gwich’in

Gwich’in → hasDialects → Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Gwich’in

Gwich’in → isRegulatedBy → Gwich’in self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute

Northwest Territories → officialLanguage → Gwich’in ⓘ

Brooks Range → traditionalHomelandOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Dene → partOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Dene → hasSubgroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

southwestern Alaska → indigenousPeople → Gwich’in ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska

this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → hasIndigenousConnection → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Yukon River → indigenousPeoplesAssociated → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Kuskokwim River → isTraditionalTerritoryOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples

Apache tribes → subgroupOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Apache → subgroupOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples

Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → alsoKnownAs → Gwich’in ⓘ

Loucheux → alternativeNameOf → Gwich’in ⓘ

Loucheux → ethnonymFor → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Loucheux → hasAutonym → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in autonym)

Gwich’in alphabet → usedBy → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Gwich’in alphabet → associatedEthnicity → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Yukon Native Language Centre → focusLanguage → Gwich’in ⓘ

Kutchin → alternateName → Gwich’in ⓘ

Kutchin → hasEthnonym → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dinjii Zhuh (self-designation of Gwich’in people)

Interior Alaska → indigenousPeoples → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples

Yukon Territory → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Gwich’in ⓘ

Koyukon → closelyRelatedTo → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Chipewyan → neighboringLanguages → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → languageUsed → Gwich’in ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → includeEthnicGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic → notableGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Porcupine caribou herd → importantTo → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people

Fort Yukon → majorityIndigenousGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich'in

Fort Yukon → ethnicGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich'in Athabascan people

Fort Yukon → originalInhabitants → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich'in Athabascan people

Fort Yukon → languageSpoken → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich'in

Mackenzie Valley → indigenousInhabitants → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Ahtna Athabaskan → relatedEthnicGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Vuntut National Park → primaryLanguageLocalFirstNation → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Ivvavik National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin

Porcupine River → usedBy → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin people

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwichʼin people

Aklavik → hasIndigenousPeoples → Gwich’in ⓘ

Gwich’in language → ethnicGroup → Gwich’in ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwich’in people