Back Slave Catalan Slavey (Sprache) German Slaveja lingvo EO Slevi Finnish Esclave (langue) French Slavey spriaken FRR Slavish (çhengey Athabaskagh) GV Lingua slavey Italian スレイビー語 Japanese Slavey (språk) NB
| Slavey | |
|---|---|
| North: Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́ K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́ Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́ South: Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé or Dene Zhatıé | |
| Native to | Denendeh, Canada |
| Region | Northwest Territories |
| Ethnicity | Slavey, Sahtu |
Native speakers | 2,120, 65% of ethnic population (2016 census)[1] |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Northwest Territories, Canada[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | den |
| ISO 639-3 | den – inclusive codeIndividual codes: scs – North Slaveyxsl – South Slavey |
| Glottolog | slav1253 |
 North Slavey is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| Dene / (Slavey)[3] "people" / "Awokanak"[4] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Dene |
| People | Got'iné (North) Sahtúgot’įné ("Great Bear Lake") K’ashógot’įne ("Hareskin") Shíhgot’įne ("Mountain") Deneke (South) |
| Language | Got'iné Kedé / Got'iné Yatí Sahtúgot’įné Kədǝ́ K’ashógot’įne Xədǝ́ Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́ Dene Yatié / Dene Zhatié |
| Country | Denendeh, Got'iné Néné (North), Sahtúgot’įné Nę́nę́ K’ashógot’įne Nę́né Shıhgot’ıné Nę́nę́ Dene Ndéh (South), Dehchondéh Dene Tha' Ndéh |
Slavey (/ˈsleɪvi/;[5] also Slave, Slavé) is a group of Athabaskan languages and a dialect continuum spoken amongst the Dene peoples of Canada in the Northwest Territories – or central Denendeh – where it also has official status.[6] The languages are primarily written using a modified Latin script, with some using Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. In their own languages, these languages are referred to as: Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́ (spoken by the Sahtu Dene), K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́ (the Hare Dene dialect) and Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́ (the Mountain dialect) in the North, and Dené Dháh (primarily by the Dene Tha' in Alberta), Dene Yatıé or Dene Zhatıé in the South.
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (2 August 2017). "Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census - Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Official Languages of the Northwest Territories Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine (map)
- ^ Mandeville, Curtis (21 June 2016). "Goodbye Great Slave Lake? Movement to decolonize N.W.T. maps is growing". CBC. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
[T]he name Slavey is a colonial term that was imposed on the Dehcho Dene[, Nakehk'o said;] "It is a very terrible and horrible name."
- ^ Waldman, Carl (2006). Facts on File Library of American History - Encyclopedia of Native American tribes. Infobase Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 9781438110103. The name given to Dene by the Cree "who sometimes raided and enslaved their less aggressive northern neighbors".
- ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
- ^ Northwest Territories Official Languages Act, 1988 Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (as amended 1988, 1991-1992, 2003)