Gwich’in language

E340064

Athabaskan language Indigenous language of North America Northern Athabaskan language

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gwichʼin language	15
Gwich’in language canonical	10
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (for Gwich’in language)	1
Gwichʼin language area	1
Gwich’in Athabaskan	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hän language ⓘ Koyukon language ⓘ surface form: Upper Koyukon language
culturalSignificance	key marker of Gwich’in identity ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Gwich’in people
hasAlternativeName	Kutchin ⓘ Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Kutchin-Gwich’in Loucheux ⓘ Takudh ⓘ Takudh ⓘ surface form: Tukudh
hasDialects	Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Alaskan Gwich’in Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Canadian Gwich’in
hasHistoricalWritingSystem	missionary-based orthography ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode	Glottocode gwic1239 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ polysynthetic ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	Northwest Territories ⓘ
hasOrthography	modern standardized Gwich’in orthography ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts	community language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ language immersion programs ⓘ
ISO639-3	gwi ⓘ
isPartOf	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Athabaskan branch
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
languageSubfamily	Athabaskan ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan language family
recognizedAsOfficialLanguageType	Indigenous language of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
region	northern Alaska ⓘ northwestern Canada ⓘ
spokenIn	Alaska ⓘ Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yukon ⓘ
usedFor	community radio programming ⓘ cultural ceremonies ⓘ traditional oral storytelling ⓘ
usedIn	Gwich’in communities along the Mackenzie River ⓘ Gwich’in communities along the Porcupine River ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (28)

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

Alaska Natives → includesLanguage → Gwich’in language ⓘ

Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → speaksLanguage → Gwich’in language ⓘ

Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → hasEthnonymLanguage → Gwich’in language ⓘ

Loucheux → traditionalLanguage → Gwich’in language ⓘ

Hän → closelyRelatedTo → Gwich’in language ⓘ