Tłı̨chǫ
E71322
Tłı̨chǫ is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tłı̨chǫ people | 2 |
| Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) | 1 |
| Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Dene language ⓘ Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Dogrib
Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ
surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Dogrib language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Tłı̨chǫ identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of Tłı̨chǫ traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Tłı̨chǫ
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ people
|
| hasDialects | regional varieties in Tłı̨chǫ communities ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | Tłı̨chǫ communities in the Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| hasType | spoken language ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | language revitalization efforts in the Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Northern Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Dene languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Dene language area
|
| recognizedBy | Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language ⓘ |
| region |
Mackenzie Valley
ⓘ
North Slave Region ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Tłı̨chǫ
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ people
|
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| status |
Indigenous language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| taughtIn | some schools in Tłı̨chǫ communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community radio programming in Tłı̨chǫ areas
ⓘ
local governance in Tłı̨chǫ communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community life in Tłı̨chǫ communities
ⓘ
oral storytelling of the Tłı̨chǫ people ⓘ traditional cultural practices of the Tłı̨chǫ people ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
this entity surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ people
this entity surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib)