North Slavey Groups

The North Slavey languageSahtúot’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: 

  1. K’áshogot’ıne  (Hare)
  2. Sahtúgot’ıne   (Bear Lake) 
  3. 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


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.




 
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