Southern Tutchone
E353942
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Tutchone canonical | 6 |
| Southern Tutchone language | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3337600 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Southern Tutchone Context triple: [Yukon Native Language Centre, focusLanguage, Southern Tutchone]
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A.
Northern Tutchone
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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B.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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C.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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D.
Yupik
The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.
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E.
Dena’ina language
The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Southern Tutchone Target entity description: Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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A.
Northern Tutchone
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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B.
Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.
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C.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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D.
Yupik
The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.
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E.
Dena’ina language
The Dena’ina language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dena’ina people of south-central Alaska, including the Cook Inlet region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
First Nations language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kaska
ⓘ
Northern Tutchone ⓘ Tagish ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Athabascan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tutchone people
|
| governingBody | local First Nations governments ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Southern Tutchone
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tutchone language
|
| hasDialects | various community-based dialects ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sout2960 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tce ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
audio recordings
ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Champagne and Aishihik region
ⓘ
Haines Junction area ⓘ Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Kluane region
Whitehorse area ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| languageOf | Southern Tutchone culture ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened language ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan language family
|
| recognizedAs | Aboriginal language of Yukon ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of Yukon ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Yukon ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
adult language classes
ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Yukon Territory ⓘ northwestern Canada ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| usedBy | Southern Tutchone First Nations ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | Yukon schools language programs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Subject: Southern Tutchone Description of subject: Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
Referenced by (11)
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