Tutchone language

Tutchone
Native to	Canada
Region	Yukon
Ethnicity	2,500 (1,100 Northern Tutchone, 1,400 Southern Tutchone; 2007)
Native speakers	360 (2016 census)
Language family	Na-Dené Athabaskan–Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Tutchone
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: tce – Southern ttm – Northern
Glottolog	tutc1236
Speaker location

Tutchone is an Athabaskan language spoken by the Northern and Southern Tutchone First Nations in central and southern regions of Yukon Territory, Canada. Tutchone belongs to the Northern Athabaskan linguistic subfamily and has two primary varieties, Southern and Northern. Although they are sometimes considered separate languages, Northern and Southern Tutchone speakers are generally able to understand each other in conversation, albeit with moderate difficulty.

Dialects

Southern (Dän kʼè)

• Aishihik dialect
• Tàaʼan dialect
• Klukshu dialect
• Kluane dialect

Northern (Dän kʼí)

• Big Salmon dialect
• Pelly Crossing dialect
• Mayo dialect
• White River dialect

Vocabulary comparison

The comparison of some words in the two languages:

¹ Big Salmon dialect
² Pelly Crossing dialect

References

External links

• Yukon Native Language Center: Northern Tutchone Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Native Language Center: Southern Tutchone Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
• First Voices: Southern Tutchone Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Freelang Tutchone (Southern)-English dictionary
• OLAC resources in and about the Northern Tutchone language
• OLAC resources in and about the Southern Tutchone language