Slavey language

Dene / (Slavey)
"people" / "*Awokanak*"
Dene / (Slavey); "people" / "Awokanak"
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
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)
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Slavey; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Northwest Territories, Canada
Language codes
ISO 639-2	den
ISO 639-3	den – inclusive code; Individual codes:; scs – North Slavey; xsl – South Slavey
Glottolog	slav1253
ELP	Dene K'e (Slavey); Bearlake; Hare;
	North Slavey is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Slavey (/ˈsleɪvi/; 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. 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.

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