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Chipewyan /tʃɪpəˈwaɪən/[4] or Denesuline (ethnonym: Dëne Sųłınë́ Yatıé[5][6] IPA: [tènɛ̀sũ̀ɬìnéjàtʰìɛ́]) is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of northwestern Canada. It is categorized as part of the Northern Athabaskan language family. Dënësųłinë́ has nearly 12,000 speakers in Canada, mostly in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.[7] It has official status only in the Northwest Territories, alongside 8 other aboriginal languages: Cree, Tlicho, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey and South Slavey.[3][8]

Chipewyan
Denesuline
ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ ᔭᕠᐁ Dëne Sųłinë́ Yatıé
Dënësųłinë́ sign at La Loche Airport
Native to	Canada
Region	Northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba; southern Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Ethnicity	30,910 Chipewyan people (2016 census)[1]
Native speakers	11,325, 41% of ethnic population (2016 census)[2]
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Chipewyan
Dialects	Dëne Sųłınë́ Yatıé Dëne Dédlıné Yatıé Tthetsánót’ıné Yatıé Tetsǫ́t’ıné Yatıé
Writing system	NAPA Dene Syllabics
Official status
Official language in	Canada (Northwest Territories)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-2	chp
ISO 639-3	chp
Glottolog	chip1261
ELP	Dënesųłiné
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Most Chipewyan people now use Dené and Dënësųłinë́ to refer to themselves as a people and to their language, respectively. The Saskatchewan communities of Fond-du-Lac,[9] Black Lake,[10] Wollaston Lake [11] and La Loche are among these.

Phonology

Consonants

The 39 consonants of Dënesųłiné:

		Bilabial	Inter- dental	Dental			Post- alveolar	Dorsal		Glottal
				plain	sibilant	lateral		plain	labial
Nasal		m ⟨m⟩		n ⟨n⟩
Plosive/ Affricate	plain	p ⟨b⟩	tθ ⟨ddh⟩	t ⟨d⟩	ts ⟨dz⟩	tɬ ⟨dl⟩	tʃ ⟨j⟩	k ⟨g⟩	kʷ ⟨gw⟩
	aspirated		tθʰ ⟨tth⟩	tʰ ⟨t⟩	tsʰ ⟨ts⟩	tɬʰ ⟨tł⟩	tʃʰ ⟨ch⟩	kʰ ⟨k⟩	kʷʰ ⟨kw⟩
	ejective		tθʼ ⟨tthʼ⟩	tʼ ⟨tʼ⟩	tsʼ ⟨tsʼ⟩	tɬʼ ⟨tłʼ⟩	tʃʼ ⟨chʼ⟩	kʼ ⟨kʼ⟩	kʷʼ ⟨kwʼ⟩	ʔ ⟨ɂ⟩
Fricative	voiceless		θ ⟨th⟩		s ⟨s⟩	ɬ ⟨ł⟩	ʃ ⟨sh⟩	χ ⟨hh⟩	χʷ ⟨hhw⟩	h ⟨h⟩
	voiced		ð ⟨dh⟩		z ⟨z⟩	ɮ ⟨l⟩	ʒ ⟨zh⟩	ʁ ⟨gh⟩	ʁʷ ⟨ghw⟩
Tap				ɾ ⟨r⟩
Approximant						l ⟨l⟩	j ⟨y⟩		w ⟨w⟩

Vowels

Dënesųłinë́ has vowels of 6 differing qualities.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ⟨ı⟩		u ⟨u⟩
Close-mid	e ⟨ë/e⟩		o ⟨o⟩
Open-mid	ɛ ⟨e⟩
Open		a ⟨a⟩

Most vowels can be either

• oral or nasal. Nasals are marked with an ogonek in the orthography: ⟨ą ę ę̈ ı̨ ǫ ų⟩.
• short or long

As a result, Dënesųłinë́ has 24 phonemic vowels:

		Front		Central		Back
		short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	oral	i	iː			u	uː
	nasal	ĩ	ĩː			ũ	ũː
Close-mid	oral	e	eː			o	oː
	nasal	ẽ	ẽː			õ	õː
Open-mid	oral	ɛ	ɛː
	nasal	ɛ̃	ɛ̃ː
Open	oral			a	aː
	nasal			ã	ãː

Dënesųłinë́ also has 9 oral and nasal diphthongs of the form vowel + /j/.

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
Close					uj	ũj
Mid	ej	ẽj	əj		oj	õj
Open			aj	ãj

Tone

Dënësųłinë́ has two tones:

• high (marked with acute accents in the orthography: ⟨á é ë́ ı́ ó ú⟩)
• low

Demographics

In the 2011 Canada Census 11,860 people chose Dene as their mother tongue. 70.6% were located in Saskatchewan and 15.2% were located in Alberta.[12]

• 7,955 were in Saskatchewan[13]
• 1,680 were in Alberta (the Dene Tha' First Nation a Dene/South Slavey group (approximately 1000 people) are included in this total)
• 1,005 were in Manitoba
• 450 were in the Northwest Territories
• 70 were in British Columbia
• 45 were in the Yukon
• 20 were in Ontario

Not all were from the historical Chipewyan regions south and east of Great Slave Lake. Approximately 11,000 of those who chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011 are Dene/Chipewyan with 7,955 (72%) in Saskatchewan, 1,005 (9%) in Manitoba, 510 plus urban dwellers in Alberta and 260 plus urban dwellers in the Northwest Territories. The communities within the Dene/Chipewyan traditional areas are shown below:

Saskatchewan

The Dene (Dënesųłiné) speaking communities of Saskatchewan are located in the northern half of the province. The area from the upper Churchill River west of Pinehouse Lake all the way north to Lake Athabasca and from Lake Athabasca east to the north end of Reindeer Lake is home to 7410 people who chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]

Prince Albert had 265 residents who chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011, Saskatoon had 165, the La Ronge Population Centre had 55 and Meadow Lake had 30.[13]

3,050 were in the Lake Athabasca-Fond du Lac River area including Black Lake and Wollaston Lake in the communities of:

• Fond-du-Lac 705 out of 874 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Stony Rapids 140 out of 243 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Black Lake (Chicken 224) 1040 out of 1070 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Uranium City (hamlet)
• Camsell Portage (hamlet)
• Wollaston Lake
• Wollaston Post (Lac La Hache 220) 1165 out of 1251 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.

3,920 were in the upper Churchill River area including Peter Pond Lake, Churchill Lake, Lac La Loche, Descharme Lake, Garson Lake and Turnor Lake in the communities of:

• La Loche 2,300 out 2,611 chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Clearwater River 720 out of 778 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Black Point (hamlet)
• Bear Creek (hamlet)
• Garson Lake (hamlet)
• Descharme Lake (hamlet)
• Turnor Lake
• Turnor Lake (Birch Narrows First Nation) 70 out of 419 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Dillon (Buffalo River Dene Nation) 330 out of 764 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• St. George's Hill, Saskatchewan 85 out of 100 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Michel Village 55 out of 66 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Buffalo Narrows 35 out of 1153 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Patuanak 35 out of 64 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Patuanak (Wapachewunak 1920) 265 out of 482 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Beauval (La Plonge 192) 25 out of 115 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.

Manitoba

Two isolated communities are in northern Manitoba. The two Manitoban communities use Déné Syllabics to write their language.

• Lac Brochet (197 A) 720 out of 816 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Tadoule Lake (Churchill 1) 170 out of 321 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.

Alberta

The Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Economic Region in the north eastern portion of Alberta from Fort Chipewyan to the Cold Lake area has the following communities. 510 residents of this region chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]

• Fort Chipewyan 45 out of 847 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Fort McKay 30 out of 562 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Janvier (Janvier 194) 145 out of 295 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Janvier South 35 out of 104 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Cold Lake 149 105 out of 594 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
• Cold Lake 149 B, Alberta 25 out of 149 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.

Northwest Territories

Three communities are located south of Great Slave Lake in Region 5. 260 residents of Region 5 chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]

• Fort Smith 30 out of 2093 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Fort Resolution 95 out of 474 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]
• Lutselk'e 120 out of 295 residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.[13]

See also

• Chipewyan syllabics
• Chipewyan people

References

Bibliography

External links

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as: KML

• First Voices Dene Community Portal
• Our Languages: Dene (Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre)
• OLAC resources in and about the Chipewyan language
• Kirkby, William West: The New Testament, translated into the Chipewyan language = ᑎᑎ ᗂᒋ ᕞᐢᕞᒣᐣᕠ (Didi gothi testementi). London, 1881 (Peel 986)

На других языках

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[de] Chipewyan (Sprache)

Chipewyan (Chipewyan: Dënesųłiné) ist die von den Chipewyan in Nordwestkanada gesprochene Sprache. Sie ist eine der elf offiziellen Sprachen in den Northwest Territories und wird dort in Lateinschrift geschrieben.

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- [en] Chipewyan language

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[es] Idioma dené suliné

El dené (ᑌᓀᓱᒼᕄᓀ, dëne sųłiné, dene suliné, dene soun’liné o chipewyan) es el idioma hablado por los chipewyan, pueblo de la parte central de Canadá. Forma parte de la familia atabascana y por lo tanto relacionado con el idioma navajo. El chipewyan o dene suline tiene unos 12.000 hablantes en Canadá, mayoritariamente en Saskatchewan, Alberta y Territorios del Noroeste,[1] pero solo tiene la condición de idioma oficial en los Territorios del Noroeste junto a otros ocho idiomas aborígenes: cree, dogrib, gwich'in, inuktitut, inuinnaqtun, inuvialuktun, slave norte y slave sur.[2]

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[fr] Chipewyan (langue)

Le chipewyan (Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé /tènɛ̀ sũ̀ɬìnɛ́ jàtʰìɛ́/) est la langue parlée par le peuple tchipewyan du Canada central. Son territoire couvre en partie l'Alberta, le Manitoba, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, le Nunavut et la Saskatchewan[2]. Il fait partie des langues athapascanes septentrionales. En 2016, le recensement compte 11 325 locuteurs du chipewyan (référencé comme « déné »)[1].

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[ru] Чипевайан (язык)

Чипевайан, Дене Сулин (англ. Dene Suline; другие англ. названия: Dëne Sųłiné, Dene Sųłiné, Chipewyan, Dene Suliné, Dëne Suliné, Dene Soun’liné или просто Dene, рус. дореф. Чипивески языкъ) — язык, к носителям которого официальная канадская статистика относит жителей 19 индейских общин на севере Канады, 16 из которых являются общинами народа чипевайан, а три являются общинами народа «невольников» (слейви).

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