Dene Suline language

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The Dene Suline language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Dene (Chipewyan) people of northern Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
alternateName Chipewyan language NERFINISHED
Dene Sųłiné NERFINISHED
Denesuline
Denésoliné
Dënesųłiné NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Dene Thaʼ language
Dogrib language NERFINISHED
Slavey language NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasCommunity Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation NERFINISHED
Black Lake Denesuline First Nation NERFINISHED
English River First Nation NERFINISHED
Fond du Lac Dene Nation NERFINISHED
Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation NERFINISHED
Lac La Ronge Indian Band NERFINISHED
Mikisew Cree First Nation (Dene members) NERFINISHED
Sayisi Dene First Nation NERFINISHED
hasEthnologueEntry Chipewyan NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode chip1261
hasISO639-3Code chp
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb templates
polysynthetic morphology
prefixing verb morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
tone
languageFamily Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
Northern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus threatened
region Northern Canada
spokenBy Chipewyan people NERFINISHED
Dene people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Alberta NERFINISHED
Canada
Manitoba NERFINISHED
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED
Nunavut NERFINISHED
Saskatchewan NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial practices
community radio broadcasting
traditional oral storytelling
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in northern Saskatchewan
language revitalization programs in northern Canada
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Denesuline language Dene Suline language
Tlicho language closelyRelatedTo Dene Suline language
this entity surface form: Chipewyan (Dënesųłiné) language
Dene languages hasMember Dene Suline language
Dene languages hasMember Dene Suline language
this entity surface form: Sarcee language
Proto-Athabaskan language ancestorOf Dene Suline language