Tutchone language
E359716
First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
Northern Athabaskan language
endangered language
The Tutchone language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Tutchone people of central Yukon in Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tutchone language canonical | 2 |
| Tutchone languages | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Athabascan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Tutchone people
|
| family |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs in Yukon
ⓘ
school-based language instruction in Yukon ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
ⓘ
First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun ⓘ Selkirk First Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Kluane First Nation
Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation ⓘ Selkirk First Nation ⓘ Ta’an Kwäch’än Council ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
Northern Tutchone
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Tutchone language
Southern Tutchone ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tutchone language
|
| ISO639-3 | ttm ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Yukon Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Gwich’in language
ⓘ
surface form:
Gwichʼin language
Kaska language ⓘ Northern Tutchone ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Tutchone language
Southern Tutchone ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tutchone language
Tagish language ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | First Nations communities in Yukon ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| region |
Yukon Territory
ⓘ
central Yukon ⓘ Southwestern Yukon ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Yukon
|
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ central Yukon ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Tutchone language self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| 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:
Northern Tutchone language
this entity surface form:
Tutchone languages