Language Initiatives

• Published in: Meta
• Main Author: Howard, Philip G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1993
• Subjects: lang; edu; Indian; Mackenzie Valley; Northwest Territories; Chipewyan; Dogrib; flanc-de-chien; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7202/003143ar; http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/003143ar

The Dene (Indian) languages of the MacKenzie Valley of the Northwest Territories are Chipewan, Dogrib, Gwich'in and Slavey. These people did not traditionally write their languages, but in recent years linguists have produced alphabets that accurately represent the sounds of these languages. Si...