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 |
|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Lang". ~ Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | fish |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | one |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | two |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | three |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | four |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | five |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | my house |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | your (sg.) house |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | his/her house |
| 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 |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "Lang". | their house |
¹ Big Salmon dialect
² Pelly Crossing dialect
References
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External links
- Yukon Native Language Center: Northern Tutchone Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Native Language Center: Southern Tutchone Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- First Voices: Southern Tutchone Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Freelang Tutchone (Southern)-English dictionary
- OLAC resources in and about the Northern Tutchone language
- OLAC resources in and about the Southern Tutchone language