ISO 639-3 · denden
Na-Dene family · macrolanguage
Slavey
Slavey is a macrolanguage of the Northern Athabaskan branch (Na-Dene), spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts about 2,120 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey First Nations of Canada in the Northwest Territories where it also has official status”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
den- Glottocode
slav1253- Family
- Na-Dene
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Slavey |
|---|---|
| Also called | Slave (Athapascan), Slave language, Slavé language, Slavey language |
| All speakers | 2,120 (2016) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Slavey yet.
family tree
From Na-Dene to Slavey
The branches above Slavey, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Canada
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