Gwichʼin language

Gwichʼin language

The Gwichʼin language (Dinju Zhuh Kʼyuu) belongs to the Athabaskan language family and is spoken by the Gwich'in First Nation (Canada) / Alaska Native People (United States). It is also known in older or dialect-specific publications as Kutchin, Takudh, Tukudh, or Loucheux. Gwich'in is spoken primarily in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River), all in the Northwest Territories and Old Crow in Yukon of Canada. In Alaska of the United States, Gwichʼin is spoken in Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie.

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enThe Gwichʼin language (Dinju Zhuh Kʼyuu) belongs to the Athabaskan language family and is spoken by the Gwich'in First Nation (Canada) / Alaska Native People (United States). It is also known in older or dialect-specific publications as Kutchin, Takudh, Tukudh, or Loucheux. Gwich'in is spoken primarily in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River), all in the Northwest Territories and Old Crow in Yukon of Canada. In Alaska of the United States, Gwichʼin is spoken in Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie.
Date
2007
Depiction
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Teetl'it Zheh - Fort McPherson Gwich'in - Sign in Mike Zubko International Airport - Inuvik - Northwest Territories - Canada.jpg
Dia
enEastern
enWestern
Ethnicity
3000
Fam
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dené languages
Northern Athabaskan languages
Familycolor
enDené-Yeniseian
Glotto
engwic1235
Glottorefname
enGwich'in
Has abstract
enThe Gwichʼin language (Dinju Zhuh Kʼyuu) belongs to the Athabaskan language family and is spoken by the Gwich'in First Nation (Canada) / Alaska Native People (United States). It is also known in older or dialect-specific publications as Kutchin, Takudh, Tukudh, or Loucheux. Gwich'in is spoken primarily in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River), all in the Northwest Territories and Old Crow in Yukon of Canada. In Alaska of the United States, Gwichʼin is spoken in Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie. The ejective affricate in the name Gwichʼin is usually written with symbol U+2019 ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK, though the correct character for this use (with expected glyph and typographic properties) is U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE.
Iso
engwi
Iso6392Code
gwi
Iso6393Code
gwi
Is primary topic of
Gwichʼin language
Label
enGwichʼin language
LanguageFamily
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dené languages
Northern Athabaskan languages
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/docs/anlm/24000656.pdf
www.gwichin.ca/sites/default/files/gsci_gsci_glc_2003_gwichin_language_dictionary_4th.pdf
www.ynlc.ca/languages/gwichin.html
web.archive.org/web/20190711132100/http:/www.ynlc.ca/languages/gwichin.html
justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Canada/gwichin_intro.htm
web.archive.org/web/20141225095029/http:/www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/ga/
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Affricate
Affricate consonant
Aklavik
Alaska
Alaska Native Language Center
Alaska Natives
Alveolar consonant
Arctic Village, Alaska
Athabaskan languages
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Back vowel
Beaver, Alaska
Bible
Birch Creek, Alaska
Canada
Canada–United States border
Canadian Indian residential school system
Category:First Nations languages in Canada
Category:Gwich'in
Category:Indigenous languages of Alaska
Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Subarctic
Category:Northern Athabaskan languages
Category:Official languages of Alaska
Chalkyitsik, Alaska
Child displacement
Circle, Alaska
Close vowel
Cultural assimilation
Cultural genocide
Eagle, Alaska
Ejective consonant
Fairbanks, Alaska
File:Teetl'it Zheh - Fort McPherson Gwich'in - Sign in Mike Zubko International Airport - Inuvik - Northwest Territories - Canada.jpg
File:WIKITONGUES- Allan speaking Gwich'in.webm
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Fort Yukon, Alaska
Fricative
Front vowel
Glottal consonant
Gwich'in
Gwichʼin people
Heritage language
Hymnal
Interdental consonant
Inuvik
Labial consonant
Labialized velar consonant
Mid vowel
Molly of Denali
Na-Dené languages
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northwest Territories
Old Crow, Yukon
Open vowel
Palatal consonant
PBS Kids
Plosive
Retroflex consonant
Robert McDonald (missionary)
Sibilant
Slavey language
Sonorant
Tsiigehtchic
UNESCO
United States
University of Alaska system
Velar consonant
Venetie, Alaska
Yukon
Name
enGwichʼin
Name
enGwichʼin
Nation
enCanada
enUnited States
Nativename
Notice
enIPA
Ref
ene21
Region
enCanada , United States
SameAs
Guçince
Gviĉina lingvo
Gvitšini keel
Gwichʼin (langue)
Gwichʼin (Sprache)
Gwichʼin language
Gwich’in (språk)
Gwitšin
Idioma gwichʼin
Lenga gwich'in
Língua gwich’in
Q21057
Tiếng Gwich’in
zwwY
Гвичин
Гвичин йӹлмӹ
Гвічин
グウィッチン語
哥威迅语
Script
enLatin
Speakers
enca. 560
Spoken in
Canada
United States
Yukon
States
enCanada, United States
Subject
Category:First Nations languages in Canada
Category:Gwich'in
Category:Indigenous languages of Alaska
Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Subarctic
Category:Northern Athabaskan languages
Category:Official languages of Alaska
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