Northern Tutchone

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Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
belongsToMacroArea North American Indigenous languages
closelyRelatedTo Gwichʼin language
linked to: Gwich’in language

Kaska language
Southern Tutchone
continent North America
country Canada
ethnicGroup Northern Tutchone people
hasAlternativeName Northern Tutchone language
hasDialects Pelly dialect
Stewart dialect
White River dialect
hasGrammaticalFeature aspectual distinctions
classifiers in verb system
complex verb morphology
pronominal prefixes
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing verb morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory
tonal contrasts
hasSpeakerCommunity Carmacks
Mayo
Pelly Crossing
ISO639-3 ttm
languageCodeType ISO 639-3
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan

Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
languageStatus endangered language
partOf Yukon Indigenous languages
recognizedBy Yukon government
linked to: Government of Yukon
region Pelly River region
Stewart River region
White River region
revitalizationEfforts community language programs in Yukon
language classes in Yukon schools
spokenIn Canada
Yukon
subfamily Northern Athabaskan languages
traditionalRegion central Yukon
usedBy First Nations in Yukon
usedIn ceremonial contexts
oral storytelling traditions
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Yukon Native Language Centre focusLanguage Northern Tutchone
Northern Athabaskan languages hasAlternativeName Northern Dene languages
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Pelly River hasNearbyIndigenousGroup Northern Tutchone
Tagish isCloseTo Northern Tutchone
Tagish hasNeighboringLanguage Northern Tutchone
Upper Tanana language closelyRelatedTo Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone closelyRelatedTo Northern Tutchone
Stewart River hasLanguageRegion Northern Tutchone
Hän Hwëch'in people relatedEthnicGroup Northern Tutchone
Hän Hwëchʼin language closelyRelatedTo Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Tutchone language hasVariety Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Tutchone language isRelatedTo Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Tagish language closelyRelatedTo Northern Tutchone language
linked to: Northern Tutchone