Dënesųłiné

Facts

  • Language: Dënesųłiné
  • Alternate names: Chipewyan, Montagnais, Dene Suline, Dëne Súline, Sluacus-tinneh, Dene Soun'line,
  • Language code: chp
  • Language family: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 2235?
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.

More information:

    Ethnonym: Chipewyan was an enemy’s term for them; Dëne, the people, in several Athapaskan languages.

    Dënesųłiné is spoken in Canada, North America.