North Slavey

The North Slavey language, Sahtúot’ı̨nę Yatı̨́, is spoken by the Sahtu (North Slavey) people in the Mackenzie District along the middle Mackenzie River from Fort Norman north, around Great Bear Lake, and in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. There are three dialects of North Slavey:

• K’áshogot’ıne (Hare)
• Sahtúgot’ıne (Bear Lake)
• Shıhgot’ıne (Mountain) (also in Yukon)

Some North Slavey communities in the Northwest Territories are:

• Tulít’a (Ft. Norman) - Mountain
• Łe Gǫ́hlı̨nı̨ (Norman Wells) - Mountain
• Dèlįne (Ft. Franklin) - Bear Lake 
• Rádı̨lı̨h Kóé (Ft. Good Hope) - Hare
• K’áhbamı̨́túé (Colville Lake) - Hare

This North Slavey language community is currently represented in the Dene Speech Altas:

• Dèlįne (Sahtúgot’ıne, Bear Lake)

To view place and manner descriptions of North Slavey sounds, see Orthography of North Slavey. 

Dictionaries and Grammars

• OLAC Resources for North Slavey
• Rice, Keren. (1989). A Grammar of Slave. Mouton Grammar Library (No. 5). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-010779-1. 

2018-08-06