Northern Tutchone

E349733

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

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Northern Tutchone canonical 13
Northern Tutchone language 6
Northern Dene languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council → ethnicGroup → Northern Tutchone ⓘ
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council → language → Northern Tutchone language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Ta’an Kwäch’än Council → hasCulturalHeritage → Northern Tutchone culture ⓘ
linked to: Northern Tutchone
Pelly Crossing → primaryIndigenousGroup → Northern Tutchone ⓘ
Pelly Crossing → IndigenousLanguage → Northern Tutchone ⓘ
Carmacks → hasIndigenousLanguage → Northern Tutchone ⓘ