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Southern Tutchone

Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken in Canada. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Southern Tutchone · 60.8°N 136.6°W

Southern Tutchone is an Athabaskan language spoken by the Southern Tutchone in the Yukon communities of Aishihik, Burwash Landing, Champagne, Haines Junction, Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Lake Laberge, and Whitehorse. Although they are sometimes considered separate languages, Northern and Southern Tutchone speakers are generally able to understand each other in conversation, albeit with moderate difficulty.

The Southern Tutchone language is threatened.

From Wikipedia · Southern Tutchone language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Southern Tutchone

MeaningWordRomanization
persond3kan*
nameuye*
eyenday*
earcay*
noseci*
toothyu*
handgan*
kneegw3t*
waterchu
firekw3n*
sunSa*
star8en*
stonet8e*
mountain8al*
treecu*
nightnLe*
dogLi*
fishLu*
oneL3Ci*
twoL3ki*
I3*
youn*
weda*
drinkda*
seeni7i*
comeda*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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