Dogrib language

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Dogrib
Tłįchǫ Yatiì
Spoken in: Canada 
Region: Northwest Territories
Total speakers: 2,640 [1]
Language family: Dené-Yeniseian
 Na-Dené
  Athabaskan-Eyak
   Athabaskan
    Northern Athabaskan
     Dogrib 
Official status
Official language in: Northwest Territories
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: dgr
ISO 639-3: dgr
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Dogrib (also Tłįchǫ Yatiì, [tɬĩtʃõ jatîː]) is a language spoken by the First Nations Tłįchǫ people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories. According to Statistics Canada in 2006, there were approximately 2,640 people who spoke Dogrib.[1]

The Dogrib region covers the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, reaching almost up to Great Bear Lake. Rae-Edzo, now known by its Dogrib name, Behchokǫ, is the largest community in the Dogrib Region.

Contents

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Consonants

The consonants of Dogrib in the standard orthography are listed below (with IPA notation in brackets):

  Bilabial Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral plain labialized
Nasal plain   m  /m/   n  /n/            
prenasalized   mb  /mb/   nd  /nd/            
Plosive voiced   b  /b/   d  /d/         g  /ɡ/   gw  /ɡʷ/  
voiceless     t  /t/         k  /k/   kw  /kʷ/   ’  /ʔ/
ejective     t’  /tʼ/         k’  /kʼ/   kw’  /kʷʼ/  
Affricate voiced     dz  /dz/   dl  /dɮ/   j  /dʒ/        
voiceless     ts  /ts/   tl  /tɬ/   ch  /tʃ/        
ejective     ts’  /tsʼ/   tl’  /tɬʼ/   ch’  /tʃʼ/        
Fricative voiced     z  /z/     zh  /ʒ/     gh  /ɣ/    
voiceless     s  /s/   ł  /ɬ/   sh  /ʃ/     x  /x/     h  /h/
Approximant voiced     r  /ɹ/   l  /l/     y  /j/     w  /w/  
voiceless               wh  /ʍ/  

[edit] Vowels

  • short
    • a /a/
    • e /e/
    • i /i/
    • o /o/
  • long
    • aa /aː/
    • ee /eː/
    • ǫǫ /õː/
  • nasal vowels are marked by an ogonek, e.g., ą
  • low tone is marked with a grave accent, e.g., à
  • high tone is never marked

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2006 Census

[edit] Further reading

  • Coleman, Phyllis Young. Dogrib Phonology. Ann Arbor, Michigan, [etc.]: University Microfilms International, 1979.
  • Feenstra, Jacob. Tłįįchǫ Yati Enįhtł'è = Dogrib Dictionary. Rae-Edzo, N.W.T.: Dogrib Divisional Board of Education, 1992.

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