North Slavey

E389984

North Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
North Slavey canonical 15
Dogrib 3
North Slavey Dene 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Dene language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
belongsTo Dené-Yeniseian (proposed) macro-family ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bearlake language ⓘ
South Slavey ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicity Dehcho Dene ⓘ
Sahtu Dene ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
glottocode nort2940 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dene Zhatie (Northern variety) ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey

North Slave ⓘ
North Slavey Dene ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey

Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́ ⓘ
hasDialects Dehcho dialect ⓘ
Fort Good Hope dialect ⓘ
Sahtu dialect ⓘ
hasEducationalMaterial bilingual curriculum resources ⓘ
children’s storybooks ⓘ
orthography guides ⓘ
hasMedia church services ⓘ
radio broadcasts ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody Sahtu Divisional Education Council ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
ISO639-3Code scs ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
partOf Dene languages ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
region Mackenzie River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Mackenzie Valley
spokenBy Dene people ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples

Slavey people ⓘ
spokenIn Canada ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
subfamily Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
taughtIn schools in Northwest Territories ⓘ
undergoing language revitalization efforts ⓘ
usedBy First Nations communities ⓘ
usedFor community radio programming ⓘ
cultural ceremonies ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn Dehcho region ⓘ
linked to: Dehcho

Sahtu region ⓘ
linked to: Sahtu Region
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → languageUsed → Dogrib ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
South Slavey → closelyRelatedTo → North Slavey ⓘ
Slavey → hasSubgroup → North Slavey ⓘ
Slavey → hasLanguage → North Slavey language ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
Fort Good Hope → hasPrimaryLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Dogrib language → name → Dogrib ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
Dogrib language → exonym → Dogrib ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
Hare (Sahtu) language → hasAlternativeName → North Slavey Dene ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
Tłı̨chǫ language → closelyRelatedTo → North Slavey ⓘ
Dene languages → hasMember → North Slavey language ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
North Slavey → hasAlternativeName → North Slavey Dene ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
North Slavey → hasAlternativeName → Dene Zhatie (Northern variety) ⓘ
linked to: North Slavey
Ndilǫ → hasIndigenousLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Slavey people → traditionalLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Délı̨nę → officialLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Sahtu Region → hasIndigenousLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Inuvik Region → officialLanguage → North Slavey ⓘ
Slavey language → hasDialect → North Slavey ⓘ