Slavey language
E886305
Slavey is an Athabaskan (Dene) Indigenous language spoken primarily in Canada’s Northwest Territories by the Slavey (Dene) people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slavey language canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ |
| autonym | Dene Zhatie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPeople | Slavey (Dene) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| family | Athabaskan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | slav1253 ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bearlake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dehcho NERFINISHED ⓘ Hare ⓘ Mountain ⓘ North Slavey NERFINISHED ⓘ South Slavey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Dene Zhatie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Ethnologue: Slavey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb-final tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 |
scs
ⓘ
scs ⓘ xsl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Na-Dene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official language of the Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of the Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Dehcho Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mackenzie River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahtu Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
adult immersion courses
ⓘ
community language programs ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dene people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slavey people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial practices
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dene Suline