Chilcotin Language (clc)

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Also Known As: Tzilkotin


Description:

Chilcotin (also Tsilhqot’in, Tzilkotin) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot’in people. The name Chilcotin is derived from the Chilcotin name for themselves: Tŝilhqot’in (IPA: [ts̱ˤʰᵊĩɬqʰotʼin]), literally "people of the red ochre river". Chilcotin has 47 consonants: Chilcotin has 6 vowels: Every given Chilcotin vowel will have a number of different phonetic realizations due to complex phonological processes (e.g. nasalization, laxing, flattening). For instance, the vowel /i/ can be variously pronounced [i, ĩ, ɪ, e, ᵊi, ᵊĩ, ᵊɪ]. Chilcotin is a tonal language with two tones:

Chilcotin has a number of interesting phonological processes, namely vowel flattening and consonant harmony. Consonant harmony (i.e. sibilant harmony) is rather common in the Athabaskan language family. Vowel flattening, though unique to Chilcotin, is similar to phonological processes in other unrelated Interior Salishan languages spoken in the same area, such as Shuswap, St'át'imcets, and Thompson River Salish (and thus was probably borrowed into Chilcotin). This type of harmony is an areal feature common in this region of North America. The Chilcotin processes, however,..... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Chilcotin Language Speakers

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Overview

Main Country: Canada
Spoken In:

Regions: Americas

ISO 639-3 Code: clc

Classification Taxonomy

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  Na-Dene Group

    Nuclear Na-Dene Group

      Athapaskan-Eyak Group

        Athapaskan Group

          Canadian Group

            Carrier-Chilcotin Group

              Chilcotin Group

                Chilcotin Language