Dogrib Tłįchǫ Yatiì
Spoken in:	Canada
Region:	Northwest Territories
Total speakers:	2,110
Language family:	Dené-Yeniseian  Na-Dené   Athabaskan-Eyak    Athabaskan     Northern Athabaskan      Dogrib
Official status
Official language in:	Northwest Territories
Regulated by:	no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	dgr
ISO 639-3:	dgr
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Dogrib (also Tłįchǫ Yatiì) is a language spoken by the First Nations Tłįchǫ people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories. According to Statistics Canada in 1999, there were approximately 2,085 people whose first language is Dogrib.

The Dogrib region covers the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, reaching almost up to Great Bear Lake. Rae-Edzo, now known by its Dogrib name, Behchokǫ, is the largest community in the Dogrib Region.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of Dogrib in the standard orthography are listed below (with IPA notation in brackets):

Vowels

• short
  • a /a/
  • e /e/
  • i /i/
  • o /o/
• long
  • aa /aː/
  • ee /eː/
  • ǫǫ /õː/
• nasal vowels are marked by an ogonek accent, e.g., ą
• low tone is marked with a grave accent, e.g., à
• high tone is never marked

Notes

Further reading

External links

• Dogrib at Ethnologue

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