Dakelh (Carrier) language

E350954

The Dakelh (Carrier) language is an Indigenous Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Dakelh people of central British Columbia, Canada.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dakelh language 3
Dakelh (Carrier) language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
alternateName Carrier language ⓘ
Dakelh (Carrier) language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Babine-Witsuwit’en language ⓘ
Sekani language ⓘ
Tsilhqot’in language ⓘ
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
country Canada ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dakelh people ⓘ
glottocode carr1248 ⓘ
hasDialect Babine dialect ⓘ
Cheslatta dialect ⓘ
Fraser Lake dialect ⓘ
Nazko dialect ⓘ
Stuart Lake dialect ⓘ
Witsuwit’en dialect ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
immersion and language nest programs in some communities ⓘ
orthography standardization projects ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchBy Bill Poser ⓘ
James A. Kari ⓘ
Keren Rice ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb templates ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Athabaskan languages ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order tendency ⓘ
ISO639-3Code crx ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linked to: Athabaskan

Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageStatus threatened ⓘ
nativeName Dakelh ⓘ
region Central Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
central British Columbia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Dené languages ⓘ
Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
taughtAt University of Northern British Columbia (in some programs and projects) ⓘ
taughtIn some schools in Dakelh communities ⓘ
usedBy Dakelh First Nations communities ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial and cultural practices ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional governance and community events ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Northern Athabaskan languages → hasMember → Dakelh (Carrier) language ⓘ
Tsilhqot’in language → closelyRelatedTo → Dakelh language ⓘ
subject linked to: Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language
Dakelh language → alternateName → Dakelh (Carrier) language ⓘ
subject linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language
Ulkatcho First Nation → languageUsed → Dakelh language ⓘ
linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language
Carrier → language → Dakelh language ⓘ
linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language