Dakelh (Carrier) language
E350954
The Dakelh (Carrier) language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Dakelh people of central British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dakelh (Carrier) language canonical | 2 |
| Dakelh language | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Carrier language
ⓘ
Dakelh (Carrier) language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Babine-Witsuwit’en language
ⓘ
Sekani language ⓘ Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
surface form:
Tsilhqot’in language
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dakelh people ⓘ |
| glottocode | carr1248 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Babine dialect
ⓘ
Cheslatta dialect ⓘ Fraser Lake dialect ⓘ Nazko dialect ⓘ Stuart Lake dialect ⓘ Witsuwit’en dialect ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
immersion and language nest programs in some communities ⓘ orthography standardization projects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchBy |
Bill Poser
ⓘ
James A. Kari ⓘ Keren Rice ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb templates
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages ⓘ tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order tendency ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | crx ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| nativeName | Dakelh ⓘ |
| region | Central Interior of British Columbia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ central British Columbia ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Dené languages
ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
|
| taughtAt |
University of Northern British Columbia
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Northern British Columbia (in some programs and projects)
|
| taughtIn | some schools in Dakelh communities ⓘ |
| usedBy | Dakelh First Nations communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial and cultural practices
ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ traditional governance and community events ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tsilhqot’in language
this entity surface form:
Dakelh language
subject surface form:
Dakelh language