Gwich’in

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Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
Indigenous language
Northern Athabaskan language
natural language
hasAlternativeName Kutchin
Loucheux
hasDialects Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alaskan Gwich’in

Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canadian Gwich’in
hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
hasGlottocode gwic1236
hasISO639-3Code gwi
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts community-based language classes
documentation and dictionary projects
immersion and school programs
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking
verb-centered morphology
hasMorphologyType polysynthetic
hasNeighboringLanguages Hän
Inuvialuktun
Koyukon
Tłı̨chǫ
hasNumberOfSpeakers a few hundred to a few thousand speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
hasWordOrder SOV
isDocumentedIn dictionaries
grammars
text collections
isEndangered true
isPartOf Gwich’in cultural heritage
isRegulatedBy Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute

Yukon Native Language Centre
isTaughtAt schools in Gwich’in communities
languageFamily Na-Dene
surface form: Athabaskan languages

Northern Athabaskan languages
region Yukon Territory
northern Alaska
northwestern Canada
spokenBy Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gwich’in people
spokenIn Alaska
Canada
Northwest Territories
United States of America
surface form: United States

Yukon
subclassOf Dene language
Na-Dene language
usesAlphabet Gwich’in alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska indigenousPeoples Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples
Gwich’in spokenBy Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Gwich’in hasDialects Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alaskan Gwich’in
Gwich’in hasDialects Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Canadian Gwich’in
Gwich’in isRegulatedBy Gwich’in self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute
Brooks Range traditionalHomelandOf Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Dene partOf Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples
Dene hasSubgroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
southwestern Alaska indigenousPeople Gwich’in
subject surface form: Southwestern Alaska
this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hasIndigenousConnection Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hasCulturalSignificanceFor Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Yukon River indigenousPeoplesAssociated Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples
Kuskokwim River isTraditionalTerritoryOf Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples
Apache tribes subgroupOf Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples
Apache subgroupOf Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples
Indigenous languages of Canada includesLanguage Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Gwich’in
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik alsoKnownAs Gwich’in
Loucheux alternativeNameOf Gwich’in
Loucheux ethnonymFor Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Loucheux hasAutonym Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in autonym)
Gwich’in alphabet usedBy Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Gwich’in alphabet associatedEthnicity Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Kutchin alternateName Gwich’in
Kutchin hasEthnonym Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Dinjii Zhuh (self-designation of Gwich’in people)
Interior Alaska indigenousPeoples Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Athabascan peoples
Koyukon closelyRelatedTo Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Chipewyan neighboringLanguages Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic includeEthnicGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic notableGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Porcupine caribou herd importantTo Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people
Fort Yukon majorityIndigenousGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich'in
Fort Yukon ethnicGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich'in Athabascan people
Fort Yukon originalInhabitants Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich'in Athabascan people
Fort Yukon languageSpoken Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich'in
Mackenzie Valley indigenousInhabitants Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Ahtna Athabaskan relatedEthnicGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Vuntut National Park primaryLanguageLocalFirstNation Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Ivvavik National Park hasCulturalSignificanceFor Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin
Porcupine River usedBy Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin people
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwichʼin people
Aklavik hasIndigenousPeoples Gwich’in
Gwich’in language ethnicGroup Gwich’in
this entity surface form: Gwich’in people