Dene K'e (Slavey)

Facts

  • Language: Dene K'e (Slavey)
  • Alternate names: Dene K'e, Dene, Dene Tha', Acha'otinne, Dene Tha (ᑌᓀ ᒐ), Slave, Slavey, South Slavey, Slavi, "Slave", Dené, Mackenzian
  • Language code: xsl
  • Language family: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan, Slavey-Hare (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~3260
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.

More information:

    An emergent Athabaskan language within the Slavey dialect area of the Dene complex.