Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language

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Tłı̨chǫ is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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instanceOf Athabaskan language
Indigenous language
Northern Athabaskan language
alternativeName Dogrib
Tłı̨chǫ
surface form: Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
belongsToCulturalArea Subarctic
closelyRelatedTo Gwich’in
surface form: Gwichʼin

North Slavey
South Slavey
continent North America
country Canada
ethnicGroup Dogrib
Tłı̨chǫ
governingBody Tłı̨chǫ Government
hasBilingualSignageIn Northwest Territories
hasCommunity Behchokǫ̀
Gamètì
Wekweètì
Whatì
hasDiacritics Yes
hasDigitalResources Yes
hasGrammarType verb-heavy morphology
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts Yes
hasOfficialStatusIn Northwest Territories
hasOrthographyStandardizedBy Tłı̨chǫ Government
surface form: Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
ejective consonants
hasTone Yes
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
isEndangered Yes
isHeadFinal Yes
ISO639-3Code dgr
isPolysynthetic Yes
languageBranch Northern Athabaskan languages
languageFamily Athabaskan
surface form: Athabaskan languages
officialStatusType Official Indigenous language
partOf Dene languages
recognizedBy Government of the Northwest Territories
region Tłı̨chǫ region, Northwest Territories
spokenBy Dene peoples
surface form: Dogrib people

Tłı̨chǫ
surface form: Tłı̨chǫ people
spokenIn Canada
Northwest Territories
UNESCOStatus Definitely endangered
usedFor community media
cultural ceremonies
education in Tłı̨chǫ communities
usedInTreaty Tłı̨chǫ Agreement
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tłı̨chǫ recognizedBy Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language