Dene Suline (Chipewyan)

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Dene Suline (Chipewyan) is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Chipewyan people of northern Canada, notably in regions of the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alternativeName Chipewyan ⓘ
Dënesųłiné ⓘ
associatedPeople Dene people ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
belongsToGroup First Nations languages of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasAgreement verbal agreement with subject and object ⓘ
hasCaseMarking postpositional system ⓘ
hasDocumentation dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasGlottocode chip1261 ⓘ
hasMorphology polysynthetic ⓘ
hasOfficialRecognition recognized Indigenous language in some Canadian jurisdictions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive length in vowels ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts community-based language programs ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ
school-based language instruction ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3Code chp ⓘ
isPartOf Dene languages ⓘ
isRelatedTo Dogrib language ⓘ
Gwichʼin language ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in language

Slavey language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Athabaskan
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
region Northern Canada ⓘ
spokenBy Chipewyan people ⓘ
spokenIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
subfamily Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
community communication ⓘ
traditional oral storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Na-Dene → includesLanguageWithLargeSpeakerPopulation → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Dene Suline language ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Tsezʼutʼine (Chipewyan) language ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Chipewyan → alternateName → Dene Suline ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Chipewyan → alternateName → Dene Sųłiné ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Denesuline → autonym → Dene Suline ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Denesuline → alsoKnownAs → Dene Sųłiné ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Dene Zhatıé → closelyRelatedTo → Dene Sųłıné ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Fort Resolution → primaryLanguages → Chipewyan (Dene Suline) ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Dene Suline language → alternateName → Dene Sųłiné ⓘ
linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit → languageFamilyMember → Dene Suline (Chipewyan) ⓘ