Dogrib language

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Dogrib Tłįchǫ
Spoken in:	Canada
Region:	Northwest Territories
Total speakers:	2,110
Language family:	Na-Dené  Athabaskan-Eyak   Athabaskan    Northern     Dogrib
Official status
Official language of:	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. See IPA chart for English for an English-​based pronunciation key.

Dogrib (also Tłįchǫ) is a language spoken by the First Nations Tłįchǫ people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories. According to Statistics Canada in 1999, there were approximately 2,085 people whose first language is Dogrib.

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 1 Phonology 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 2 External links

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Consonants

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

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Postalveolar	Velar	Velar Rounded	Glottal
Stop	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  /ʣ/	dl  /dɮ/		j  /ʤ/
	voiceless		ts  /ʦ/	tl  /tɬ/		ch  /ʧ/
	ejective		ts’  /tsʼ/	tl’  /tɬʼ/		ch’  /ʧʼ/
Fricative	voiced		z  /z/			zh  /ʒ/	gh  /ɣ/
	voiceless		s  /s/	ł  /ɬ/		sh  /ʃ/	x  /x/		h  /h/
Nasal	voiced	m  /m/	n  /n/
	voiced stop	mb  /mb/	nd  /ⁿd/
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 accent, e.g., ą
• low tone is marked with a grave accent, e.g., à
• high tone is never marked

[edit] External links

• Dogrib at Ethnologue