North Slavey
E389984
North Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Slavey canonical | 8 |
| Dogrib | 3 |
| North Slavey Dene | 2 |
| North Slavey language | 2 |
| Dene Zhatie (Northern variety) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3806214 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Slavey Context triple: [Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, languageUsed, North Slavey]
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A.
South Slavey
South Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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B.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Yupik
The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.
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E.
Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Slavey Target entity description: North Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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A.
South Slavey
South Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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B.
Northern Tutchone
Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Northern Tutchone people in the central Yukon region of Canada.
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C.
Southern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
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D.
Yupik
The Yupik are Indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Eskimo–Aleut languages, subsistence hunting and fishing traditions, and rich Arctic cultural heritage.
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E.
Tłı̨chǫ
Tłı̨chǫ is an Athabaskan (Dene) language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
Dene language ⓘ Indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Dené-Yeniseian (proposed) macro-family ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bearlake language
ⓘ
South Slavey ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Dehcho First Nations
ⓘ
surface form:
Dehcho Dene
Dene peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Sahtu Dene
|
| glottocode | nort2940 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
North Slavey
ⓘ
surface form:
Dene Zhatie (Northern variety)
North Slave ⓘ North Slavey ⓘ
surface form:
North Slavey Dene
Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́ ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Dehcho dialect
ⓘ
Fort Good Hope dialect ⓘ Sahtu dialect ⓘ |
| hasEducationalMaterial |
bilingual curriculum resources
ⓘ
children’s storybooks ⓘ orthography guides ⓘ |
| hasMedia |
church services
ⓘ
radio broadcasts ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | Sahtu Divisional Education Council ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | scs ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| partOf | Dene languages ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| region |
Mackenzie Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Mackenzie River Valley
|
| spokenBy |
Dene peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Dene people
Slavey people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| taughtIn | schools in Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| undergoing | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| usedBy | First Nations communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community radio programming
ⓘ
cultural ceremonies ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Dehcho
ⓘ
surface form:
Dehcho region
Sahtu Region ⓘ
surface form:
Sahtu region
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: North Slavey Description of subject: North Slavey is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken primarily by the Slavey (Dene) people in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dogrib
this entity surface form:
North Slavey language
this entity surface form:
Dogrib
this entity surface form:
Dogrib
this entity surface form:
North Slavey Dene
Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language
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closelyRelatedTo
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North Slavey
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subject surface form:
Tłı̨chǫ language
this entity surface form:
North Slavey language
this entity surface form:
North Slavey Dene
this entity surface form:
Dene Zhatie (Northern variety)