ISO 639-3 · chpchp
Na-Dene family
Chipewyan
Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé
Chipewyan is a language of the Northern Athabaskan branch (Na-Dene), spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts about 11,325 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by the Chipewyan people of central Canada”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
chp- Glottocode
chip1261- Family
- Na-Dene
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 26 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Chipewyan · Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dene Suline, Chipewyan language, Dëne Sųłıné |
| All speakers | 11,325 (2016) |
| Written in | Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Na-Dene to Chipewyan
The branches above Chipewyan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
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