Dene languages

E366948

Indigenous language group language group

Dene languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages of the Athabaskan family spoken by Dene peoples across parts of Canada and Alaska.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dene languages canonical	9
Dene K’e (Slavey languages)	1
Dene languages of the Northwest Territories	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous language group ⓘ language group ⓘ
areEndangered	true ⓘ
hasMember	Apachean languages ⓘ Chipewyan ⓘ surface form: Chipewyan language Dene Suline language ⓘ Dogrib language ⓘ Gwich’in language ⓘ surface form: Gwichʼin language Hän language ⓘ Kaska language ⓘ Navajo language ⓘ North Slavey ⓘ surface form: North Slavey language Dene Suline language ⓘ surface form: Sarcee language Slavey language ⓘ South Slavey ⓘ surface form: South Slavey language Tagish language ⓘ Tsuu Tʼina language ⓘ Tutchone languages ⓘ Tłı̨chǫ language ⓘ
hasPhonologyFeature	rich consonant inventory ⓘ tone in some varieties ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort	bilingual education ⓘ community language programs ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ
hasTypology	polysynthetic ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan language family ⓘ
region	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic Interior Alaska ⓘ Subarctic ⓘ Western Canada ⓘ
spokenBy	Dene peoples ⓘ First Nations ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic ⓘ
spokenIn	Alaska ⓘ Alberta ⓘ Canada ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
subclassOf	Athabaskan language family ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene languages
usedFor	ceremonial practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Tłı̨chǫ → languageFamily → Dene languages ⓘ

Chipewyan → languageFamilyBranch → Dene languages ⓘ

South Slavey → partOf → Dene languages ⓘ

Wrigley → indigenousLanguageRegion → Dene languages ⓘ

Pacific Coast Athabaskan → subclassOf → Dene languages ⓘ

Dene Suline (Chipewyan) → isPartOf → Dene languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dene Suline

Hare (Sahtu) language → isPartOf → Dene languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene languages of the Northwest Territories

Babine language → belongsToGroup → Dene languages ⓘ

Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language → partOf → Dene languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Tłı̨chǫ language

Kaska → closelyRelatedTo → Dene languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene K’e (Slavey languages)

Athabaskan → alternativeName → Dene languages ⓘ