Tutchone language

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Script error: No such module "Infobox". 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.[2]

Dialects

Southern (Script error: No such module "Lang".)

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

Northern (Script error: No such module "Lang".)

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

Vocabulary comparison

The comparison of some words in the two languages:[3]

Northern Southern meaning
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". your (sg.) house
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Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". our house
Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". your (pl.) house
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¹ Big Salmon dialect
² Pelly Crossing dialect

References

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  2. Krauss, M. E. and V. Golla. (1981). Northern Athapaskan Languages. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 6: Subarctic, ed. by June Helm, 67–85. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
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External links

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