Northern Tutchone

E349733

Athabaskan language First Nations language Indigenous language of North America

Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Tutchone canonical	9
Northern Tutchone language	5
Northern Dene languages	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ First Nations language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea	American Indian languages ⓘ surface form: North American Indigenous languages
closelyRelatedTo	Gwich’in language ⓘ surface form: Gwichʼin language Kaska language ⓘ Southern Tutchone ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Southern Tutchone First Nations ⓘ surface form: Northern Tutchone people
hasAlternativeName	Northern Tutchone language ⓘ
hasDialects	Pelly dialect ⓘ Stewart dialect ⓘ White River dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	aspectual distinctions ⓘ classifiers in verb system ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ pronominal prefixes ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	polysynthetic ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Carmacks ⓘ Mayo ⓘ Pelly Crossing ⓘ
ISO639-3	ttm ⓘ
languageCodeType	ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
languageStatus	endangered language ⓘ
partOf	Yukon Indigenous languages ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Yukon ⓘ surface form: Yukon government
region	Pelly River region ⓘ Porcupine River region ⓘ surface form: Stewart River region White River region ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts	community language programs in Yukon ⓘ language classes in Yukon schools ⓘ
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
subfamily	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion	central Yukon ⓘ
usedBy	First Nations governments in Yukon ⓘ surface form: First Nations in Yukon
usedIn	ceremonial contexts ⓘ oral storytelling traditions ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

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

Yukon Native Language Centre → focusLanguage → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

Northern Athabaskan languages → hasAlternativeName → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Dene languages

Yukon Territory → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

Pelly River → hasNearbyIndigenousGroup → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

Tagish → isCloseTo → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

Tagish → hasNeighboringLanguage → Northern Tutchone ⓘ

Upper Tanana language → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Tutchone ⓘ