The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CPW
ISO 639-2: chp
| Population | 4,000 speakers out of 6,000 population (1995 M. Krauss). |
| Region | Northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, southeastern Northwest Territories (Snowdrift and Fort Resolution). Communities of Fort Smith, Fort Chipewyan, Buffalo Narrows, Brochet, and Reindeer Lake are some of the communities. |
| Alternate names | DENE |
| Dialects | YELLOWKNIFE. |
| Classification | Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Hare-Chipewyan, Chipewyan. |
| Comments | Speakers include children in some places (1995). Dictionary. Grammar. Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. NT 1881. |
