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Chipewyan language
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Chipewyan or Dënesųłinë́, often simply called Dëne, is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of northwestern Canada. It is categorized as part of the Northern Athabaskan language family. It has nearly 12,000 speakers in Canada, mostly in... Wikipedia
Language families: Athabaskan languages and Na-Dene languages
Dialects: Dënesųłinë́ yatié; Dënedédliné yatié; Tthetsánót’iné yatié; Tetsǫ́t’iné yatié
Native speakers: 11,325, 41% of ethnic population (2016 census)
Native to: Canada
Region: Northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba; southern Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Writing system: NAPA; Dene Syllabics
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It is categorized as part of the Northern Athabaskan language family. Dënësųłinë́ has nearly 12,000 speakers in Canada, mostly in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba ...
Dëne Sųłıné is a prominent member of the Dene-Athabaskan language family. While widely known by its exonym Chipewyan in northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, ...
How to count in Chipewyan (Dënesųłıné / ᑌᓀᓱᐠᑦᕄᓀ), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and ...
In the Northwest Territories, where Chipewyan has official language status, there are 370 speakers (185 of whom use the language at home) in the communities of ...