Witsuwitʼen language

E364084

Athabaskan language Indigenous language of North America Northern Athabaskan language

The Witsuwitʼen language is an Indigenous Athabaskan language spoken by the Witsuwitʼen people of central British Columbia, Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wetʼsuwetʼen language	1
Witsuwitʼen language canonical	1
Witsuwit’en language	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Babine language ⓘ Carrier language ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicity	Witsuwitʼen ⓘ
glottocode	wits1241 ⓘ
glottologName	Witsuwitʼen ⓘ surface form: Witsuwit'en
hasAlternativeName	Wetsuweten ⓘ Witsuwitʼen language ⓘ surface form: Wetʼsuwetʼen language Witsuwitʼen ⓘ surface form: Witsuwit'en Witsuwitʼen ⓘ surface form: Witsuwit'en Biza
hasAncestor	Proto-Athabaskan language ⓘ Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Proto-Na-Dene language
hasCommunityOrganization	Witsuwitʼen Language and Culture Society ⓘ
hasDialectalVariationWith	Babine-Witsuwit’en language ⓘ surface form: Babine-Witsuwitʼen dialect continuum
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy	Kari H. G. (as Athabaskan comparative work) ⓘ Sharon Hargus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages ⓘ tonal contrasts in some analyses ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort	community-based language classes ⓘ documentation and recording projects ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3	wit ⓘ
isPartOfContinuumWith	Babine language ⓘ Babine-Witsuwit’en language ⓘ surface form: Babine-Witsuwitʼen language
languageFamily	Athabaskan language family ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene languages
languageStatusSource	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ
linguisticArea	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
region	Bulkley Valley region ⓘ surface form: Bulkley Valley Wetʼsuwetʼen traditional territory ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ
spokenBy	Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ surface form: Witsuwitʼen people
spokenIn	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ central British Columbia ⓘ
subgroupOf	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
usedIn	ceremonial contexts ⓘ oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Witsuwitʼen language ⓘ

Witsuwitʼen language → hasAlternativeName → Witsuwitʼen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wetʼsuwetʼen language

Proto-Athabaskan language → ancestorOf → Witsuwitʼen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Witsuwit’en language