Tutchone language

Tutchone
Spoken in	Canada
Region	Yukon
Ethnicity	1400 Southern Tutchone people, 1000 Northern Tutchone people
Native speakers	400  (1995)
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian Na-Dené Athabaskan–Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Tutchone
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: tce – Southern ttm – Northern

Tutchone is a threatened Athabaskan language spoken in the Yukon Territory in Canada. It has two varieties that are sometimes considered separate languages, Southern Tutchone and Northern Tutchone.

Southern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Aishihik, Burwash Landing, Champagne, Haines Junction, Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Lake Laberge, and Whitehorse.

Northern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, Carmacks, and Beaver Creek.

Dialects

Southern

• Aisihilik dialect
• Tàaʼan dialect
• Klukshu dialect
• Kluane dialect

Northern

• Big Salmon dialect
• Pelly Crossing dialect
• Mayo dialect
• White River dialect

External links

• Yukon Native Language Center : Northern Tutchone
• Yukon Native Language Center : Southern Tutchone
• First Voices: Southern Tutchone