Hare (Sahtu) language

E350871

The Hare (Sahtu) language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sahtu Dene people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hare (Sahtu) language canonical 1
Sahtu language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
Northern Athabaskan language
country Canada
ethnicGroup Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
hasAlternativeName Hare Dene
North Slavey
North Slavey Dene
linked to: North Slavey

Sahtu language
Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́
hasDialects Sahtu dialects
hasDomain Dene spirituality and worldview
traditional ecological knowledge
hasGlottocode nort2940
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect marking on verbs
prefixing verb structure
pronominal prefixes
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
verb-final tendencies
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology
verb-centered morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Gwich’in language
South Slavey language
linked to: South Slavey

Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) language
linked to: Dogrib language
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
tonal contrasts
ISO639-3 scs
isPartOf Dene languages of the Northwest Territories
linked to: Dene languages
isRecognizedAs official Indigenous language of the Northwest Territories
isRecognizedBy Government of the Northwest Territories
isSubjectOf language revitalization efforts in Sahtu communities
isTaughtIn community-based language programs in Northwest Territories
isUsedAlongside English in Sahtu communities
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan

Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene

Northern Athabaskan languages
region Sahtu Region
spokenBy Sahtu Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
spokenIn Canada
Northwest Territories
status endangered language
subclassOf Athabaskan language
linked to: Athabaskan

Dene language
Na-Dene language
usedFor community communication in Sahtu Region
cultural ceremonies
traditional oral storytelling
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages hasMember Hare (Sahtu) language
Hare (Sahtu) language hasAlternativeName Sahtu language
linked to: Hare (Sahtu) language