Dene Suline (Chipewyan)

E254257
Athabaskan language Indigenous language of North America

Dene Suline (Chipewyan) is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Chipewyan people of northern Canada, notably in regions of the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dene Suline 2
Dene Suline (Chipewyan) canonical 2
Dene Sųłiné 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alternativeName Chipewyan ⓘ
Dënesųłiné ⓘ
associatedPeople Dene peoples ⓘ
surface form: Dene people
belongsToGroup Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ
surface form: First Nations languages of Canada
country Canada ⓘ
hasAgreement verbal agreement with subject and object ⓘ
hasCaseMarking postpositional system ⓘ
hasDocumentation dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasGlottocode chip1261 ⓘ
hasMorphology polysynthetic ⓘ
hasOfficialRecognition recognized Indigenous language in some Canadian jurisdictions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive length in vowels ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts community-based language programs ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ
school-based language instruction ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3Code chp ⓘ
isPartOf Dene languages ⓘ
isRelatedTo Dogrib language ⓘ
Gwich’in language ⓘ
surface form: Gwichʼin language

Slavey language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
region Northern Canada ⓘ
spokenBy Chipewyan people ⓘ
spokenIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
subfamily Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
community communication ⓘ
traditional oral storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

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

Na-Dene → includesLanguageWithLargeSpeakerPopulation → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene Suline language
Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsezʼutʼine (Chipewyan) language
Chipewyan → alternateName → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene Suline
Chipewyan → alternateName → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene Sųłiné
Denesuline → autonym → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene Suline
Denesuline → alsoKnownAs → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene Sųłiné