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- Dene Sųłiné Group
  - Orthography for Dene Sųłiné
  - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
    - Vowels of Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
    - Cold Lake Dene Sųłiné Conversation : Toy Game
  - Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
    - Consonants of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθʰ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬˀ]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - r [ɹ]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Lac Brochet Dene Sųłiné
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- North Slavey Groups
  - Orthography for North Slavey
  - Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
    - Consonants of North Slavey Délįne, NT Sahtúgot’ıne
      - b [p]
      - d [t]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t’]
      - g [k]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw’ [kw’]
      - dz [ts]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts’]
      - dl [tɬ]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [tʃ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ’]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - l [l]
      - n [n]
      - r [ɹ]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of North Slavey Délįne, NT, Sahtúgot’ıne
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
      - u [u]
- South Slavey Group
  - Orthography for South Slavey
  - Jean Marie River
    - Consonants
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k']
      - ddh [dð]
      - tth [tθ]
      - tth’ [tθ']
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [ts]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ']
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃˀ]
      - dh [ð]
      - th [θ]
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - zh [ʒ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - y [ j ]
- Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib) Group
  - Orthography for Tłį Chǫ (Dogrib)
  - Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
    - Consonant Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - b [b]
      - d [d]
      - t [tx]
      - t’ [t']
      - g [g]
      - k [kx]
      - k’ [k’]
      - kw [kw̥]
      - kw' [kw’]
      - dz [dz]
      - ts [tsʰ]
      - ts’ [ts']
      - dl [dl]
      - tł [tɬʰ]
      - tł’ [tɬ’]
      - j [dʒ]
      - ch [tʃʰ]
      - ch’ [tʃ']
      - s [s]
      - z [z]
      - sh [ʃ]
      - ł [ɬ]
      - x [x]
      - gh [ɣ]
      - h [h]
      - ' [ʔ]
      - l [l]
      - m [m]
      - n [n]
      - w [w]
      - wh [w̥]
      - y [j]
    - Vowel Sounds of Behchokǫ̀ Rae-Edzo
      - i [i/ɪ]
      - e [e/ɛ]
      - a [ɑ]
      - o [o]
- Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee)
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North Slavey Groups

The North Slavey language, Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́ , is spoken by the Sahtu (North Slavey) people in the Mackenzie District along the middle Mackenzie River from Fort Norman north, around Great Bear Lake, and in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Canadian territory of Northwest Territories.

There are three dialects of North Slavey:

K’áshogot’ıne (Hare)
Sahtúgot’ıne (Bear Lake)
Shıhgot’ıne (Mountain) (also in Yukon)

Some North Slavey communities in Northwest Territories are:

Tulít’a (Ft. Norman) - Mountain
Łe Gǫ́hlı̨nı̨ (Norman Wells) - Mountain
Dèlįne (Ft. Franklin) - Bear Lake
Rádı̨lı̨h Kóé (Ft. Good Hope) - Hare
K’áhbamı̨́túé (Colville Lake) - Hare

These North Slavey (Sahtu) language communities are currently in the Dene Speech Altas

Dèlįne (Sahtúgot’ıne, Bear Lake)

To view place and manner of descriptions for North Slavey sounds, see the Orthography for North Slavey.

Dictionaries and grammars

OLAC resourse webpage

Rice, Keren. (1989). A Grammar of Slave. Mouton Grammar Library (No. 5). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-010779-1.

7/18/12

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