Tahltan language
Tahltan, Tāłtān, also called Tałtan ẕāke ("Tahltan people language"), dah dẕāhge ("our language") or didene keh ("this people’s way") is a poorly documented Northern Athabaskan language historically spoken by the Tahltan people (also "Nahanni") who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. Tahltan is a critically endangered language. Several linguists classify Tahltan as a dialect of the same language as Tagish and Kaska (Krauss and Golla 1981, Mithun 1999).
| Tahltan | |
|---|---|
| Tałtan ẕāke, dah dẕāhge, didene keh | |
| Native to | Canada |
| Ethnicity | 2,460 Tahltan people (2014, FPCC) |
Native speakers | 95 (2016) |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tht |
| Glottolog | tahl1239 |
| ELP | Tāłtān (Tahltan) |
Tahltan is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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