Gwi

Also Known As: Loucheux,Kutchin,Gwich'in,Tukudh Description: The Gwich’in language is the Athabaskan language of the Gwich’in indigenous people. It is also known in older or dialect-specific publications as Kutchin, Takudh, Tukudh, or Loucheux. In the Northwest Territories and Yukon of Canada, it is used principally in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Old Crow, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River). There are about 430 Gwich’in speakers in Canada out of a total Gwich'in population of 1,900. In Alaska, Gwich’in is spoken in Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie, Alaska. About 300 out of a total Alaska Gwich’in population of 1,100 speak the language. It is an official language of the Northwest Territories. The ejective affricate in the name Gwich’in is usually written with symbol U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK, though the correct character for this use (with expected glyph and typographic properties) is U+02BC MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE. Gwich’in is a member of the Northern Athabaskan subgroup of the Athabaskan language family, in greater the Na-Dene family of languages. It shares the Han-Kutchin subdivision with the Hän language. There are several dialects of Gwich’in,..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Gwich'in Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/gwi/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Detailed Description: 1 (download) (browse) Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) 2 (download) (browse) Orthography: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Canada Spoken In: Regions: Americas ISO 639-3 Code: gwi Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Na-Dene Group     Nuclear Na-Dene Group       Athapaskan-Eyak Group         Athapaskan Group           Canadian Group             Han-Kutchin Group               Gwich'in Language