South Slavey
E98744
South Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slavey language continuum | 1 |
| South Slavey Dene | 1 |
Statements (38)
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Slavey language continuum
this entity surface form:
South Slavey Dene