Slavey, North
A language of Canada
| Population | 1,030. Ethnic population: 1,600 (Krauss 1995). |
| Region | Northwest Territories, Mackenzie District, middle Mackenzie River from Fort Norman north, around Great Bear Lake; Mackenzie Mountains in Deline, Fort Good Hope, Tulita, Colville Lake, Norman Wells; Yellowknife. |
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| Alternate names | Dene, Dené, Mackenzian, “Slave” , “Slavi” |
| Dialects | Hare, Bearlake, Mountain Slavey. North and South Slavey [xsl] part of dialect continuum. |
| Classification | Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Hare-Chipewyan, Hare-Slavey A member of macrolanguage Slave [den] (Canada). |
| Language use | Official in the Northwest Territories. Deline still has strong language use including young people. Decreasing use in other communities. All ages in some communities. |
| Language development | Dictionary. |
| Writing system | Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use. |
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