Tutchone | |
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Spoken in | Canada |
Region | Yukon |
Ethnicity | 1400 Southern Tutchone people, 1000 Northern Tutchone people |
Native speakers | 400 (1995) |
Language family |
Dené–Yeniseian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | either: tce – Southern ttm – Northern |
Tutchone is a threatened Athabaskan language spoken in the Yukon Territory in Canada. It has two varieties that are sometimes considered separate languages, Southern Tutchone and Northern Tutchone.
Southern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Aishihik, Burwash Landing, Champagne, Haines Junction, Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Lake Laberge, and Whitehorse.
Northern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, Carmacks, and Beaver Creek.
Southern
Northern