Tłı̨chǫ

E71322

Tłı̨chǫ is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tłı̨chǫ canonical 9
Tłı̨chǫ people 8
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
Dene language
Northern Athabaskan language
language
alternativeName Dogrib
linked to: Dene

Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
closelyRelatedTo Dogrib language
country Canada
culturalSignificance central to Tłı̨chǫ identity
vehicle for transmission of Tłı̨chǫ traditional knowledge
ethnicGroup Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
hasDialects regional varieties in Tłı̨chǫ communities
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology
verb-centered morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
tonal contrasts
hasSpeakers Tłı̨chǫ communities in the Northwest Territories
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
hasType spoken language
isSubjectOf language revitalization efforts in the Northwest Territories
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Dene languages
partOf Dene language area
linked to: Dene
recognizedBy Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language
region Mackenzie Valley
North Slave Region
spokenBy Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
spokenIn Canada
Northwest Territories
status Indigenous language
minority language
subclassOf First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
taughtIn some schools in Tłı̨chǫ communities
usedFor community radio programming in Tłı̨chǫ areas
local governance in Tłı̨chǫ communities
usedIn community life in Tłı̨chǫ communities
oral storytelling of the Tłı̨chǫ people
traditional cultural practices of the Tłı̨chǫ people
writingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (24)

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

Gwich’in hasNeighboringLanguages Tłı̨chǫ
Dene hasSubgroup Tłı̨chǫ
Indigenous languages of Canada includesLanguage Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib)
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ spokenBy Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ ethnicGroup Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ alternativeName Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Slavey neighboringPeoples Tłı̨chǫ
Denesuline relatedEthnicGroup Tłı̨chǫ
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Dogrib language name Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Dogrib language spokenBy Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Dogrib language ethnicGroup Tłı̨chǫ
Dogrib language endonym Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
North Slave Region encompassesTraditionalLandsOf Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
North Slave Region hasIndigenousGroup Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
North Slave Region hasIndigenousLanguage Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ language spokenBy Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ language alternativeName Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ language ethnicGroup Tłı̨chǫ
Tlicho language alternateName Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tlicho language spokenBy Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ
Tlicho language ethnicity Tłı̨chǫ