South Slavey

E98744

Athabaskan language First Nations language Indigenous language of North America

South 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 (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athabaskan language ⓘ First Nations language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	North Slavey ⓘ South Slavey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Slavey language continuum
country	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dene ⓘ Slavey people ⓘ
glottocode	sout2960 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dene Zhatıé ⓘ Dené Dháh ⓘ South Slavey ⓘ surface form: South Slavey Dene
hasDialects	Dehcho dialect ⓘ Fort Smith dialect ⓘ Hay River dialect ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ polysynthetic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex consonant clusters ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ
ISO639-3	xsl ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages
languagePolicyContext	Indigenous Languages Act (Canada) ⓘ
languageStatus	endangered ⓘ
officialStatus	official language of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
partOf	Dene languages ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
region	Dehcho Region ⓘ South Slave Region ⓘ
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ
subfamily	Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
subjectTo	language revitalization efforts ⓘ
taughtIn	community schools in the Northwest Territories ⓘ
usedBy	Dene Nation ⓘ surface form: Dene communities in the Northwest Territories
usedIn	ceremonial contexts ⓘ local radio programming in the Northwest Territories ⓘ traditional oral storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Northwest Territories → officialLanguage → South Slavey ⓘ

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

South Slavey → closelyRelatedTo → South Slavey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Slavey language continuum

South Slavey → hasAlternativeName → South Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Slavey Dene

Slavey → hasSubgroup → South Slavey ⓘ

Slavey → hasLanguage → South Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Slavey language

Fort Providence → localLanguage → South Slavey ⓘ

Hare (Sahtu) language → hasNeighboringLanguage → South Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Slavey language

Government of the Northwest Territories → supportsLanguage → South Slavey ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Tłı̨chǫ language

Tlicho language → closelyRelatedTo → South Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Slavey language

Dene languages → hasMember → South Slavey ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Slavey language

North Slavey → closelyRelatedTo → South Slavey ⓘ