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Slavey language


Name	Slavey
Nativename	ᑌᓀ ᒐ Dene Tha (South Slavey) ᑲᑊᗱᑯᑎᑊᓀ K’áshogot’ine; ᓴᑋᕲᒼᑯᑎᑊᓀ Sahtúgot’ine; ᗰᑋᑯᑎᑊᓀ Shihgot’ine (North Slavey)
States	Canada
Region	Northwest Territories
Speakers	Total: 3,545 North Slavey: 1,235 South Slavey: 2,310
Ethnicity	Slavey people
Familycolor	Dené-Yeniseian
Fam2	Na-Dené
Fam3	Athabaskan
Fam4	Northern Athabaskan
Nation	Northwest Territories
Iso2	den
Iso3	den
Lc1	scs\|ld1=North Slavey\|ll1=none
Lc2	xsl\|ld2=South Slavey\|ll2=none
Notice	IPA

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Slavey (c-eniconˈsleɪvi; also Slave, Slavé) is an Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey First Nations of Canada in the Northwest Territories where it also has official status.

In older literature, the name of the language was spelt and pronounced Slave; however, in order to dissociate the name from the word slave, first the pronunciation was changed by pronouncing the e, and then the spelling was changed to Slavé and later Slavey.

The language is written using Canadian Aboriginal syllabics or the Latin alphabet.

Slavey was the native language spoken by the fictional band in the Canadian television series North of 60. Nick Sibbeston, a former Premier of the Northwest Territories, was a Slavey language and culture consultant for the show.

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