North Slavey

E389984

Athabaskan language Dene language Indigenous language

North Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
North Slavey canonical	8
Dogrib	3
North Slavey Dene	2
North Slavey language	2
Dene Zhatie (Northern variety)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ Dene language ⓘ Indigenous language ⓘ
belongsTo	Dené-Yeniseian (proposed) macro-family ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Bearlake language ⓘ South Slavey ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ethnicity	Dehcho First Nations ⓘ surface form: Dehcho Dene Dene peoples ⓘ surface form: Sahtu Dene
glottocode	nort2940 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	North Slavey ⓘ surface form: Dene Zhatie (Northern variety) North Slave ⓘ North Slavey ⓘ surface form: North Slavey Dene Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́ ⓘ
hasDialects	Dehcho dialect ⓘ Fort Good Hope dialect ⓘ Sahtu dialect ⓘ
hasEducationalMaterial	bilingual curriculum resources ⓘ children’s storybooks ⓘ orthography guides ⓘ
hasMedia	church services ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	polysynthetic morphology ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody	Sahtu Divisional Education Council ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	scs ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan language family ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages
languageStatus	endangered ⓘ
partOf	Dene languages ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
region	Mackenzie Valley ⓘ surface form: Mackenzie River Valley
spokenBy	Dene peoples ⓘ surface form: Dene people Slavey people ⓘ
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ
subfamily	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
taughtIn	schools in Northwest Territories ⓘ
undergoing	language revitalization efforts ⓘ
usedBy	First Nations communities ⓘ
usedFor	community radio programming ⓘ cultural ceremonies ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn	Dehcho ⓘ surface form: Dehcho region Sahtu Region ⓘ surface form: Sahtu region
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (16)

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

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → languageUsed → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dogrib

South Slavey → closelyRelatedTo → North Slavey ⓘ

Slavey → hasSubgroup → North Slavey ⓘ

Slavey → hasLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Slavey language

Fort Good Hope → hasPrimaryLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ

Dogrib language → name → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dogrib

Dogrib language → exonym → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dogrib

Hare (Sahtu) language → hasAlternativeName → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Slavey Dene

Government of the Northwest Territories → supportsLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ

North Slave Region → hasIndigenousLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ

Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language → closelyRelatedTo → North Slavey ⓘ

subject surface form: Tłı̨chǫ language

Dene languages → hasMember → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Slavey language

North Slavey → hasAlternativeName → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Slavey Dene

North Slavey → hasAlternativeName → North Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene Zhatie (Northern variety)