Editing Chipewyan language (section)

{{Short description|Athabaskan language spoken in northwestern Canada}}
{{distinguish|Chippewa language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Chipewyan
| altname          = Dënesųłinë́
| nativename       = {{lang|chp-Cans|ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ ᔭᕠᐁ}} {{lang|chp-Latn|Dënesųłinë́ yatié}}
| states           = [[Canada]]
| region           = Northern [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]]; southern [[Northwest Territories]] and [[Nunavut]]
| ethnicity        = 30,910 [[Chipewyan people]] (2016 census)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110522&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census – 25% Sample Data|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca| date=25 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-22}}</ref>
| speakers         = 11,325, 41% of ethnic population
| date             = 2016 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=41&Geo=01|title=Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census - Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data|publisher=Government of Canada, Statistics|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca| date=2 August 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-22}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Dené-Yeniseian
| fam2             = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]
| fam3             = [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]
| fam4             = [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan]]
| nation           = Canada ([[Northwest Territories]])<ref name="nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca">{{cite web |publisher=Northwest Territories – Education, Culture and Employment |title=Official Languages of the Northwest Territories|url=http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |access-date=2015-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206035354/http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-06 |language=en}} (map)</ref>
| dia1             = Dënesųłinë́ yatié
| dia2             = Dënedédliné yatié
| dia3             = Tthetsánót’iné yatié
| dia4             = Tetsǫ́t’iné yatié
| script           = {{ubl|[[Americanist Phonetic Alphabet|NAPA]]|[[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics#Carrier and other Athabaskan|Dene Syllabics]]}}
| iso2             = chp
| iso3             = chp
| glotto           = chip1261
| glottorefname    = Chipewyan
| notice           = IPA
| map              = Chipewyan map.svg
| image            = Bilingual Sign at La Loche Airport (Saskatchewan) with text “I am proud to be Dënësųłınë́”.jpg
| imagecaption     = Dënesųłinë́ sign at [[La Loche Airport]]
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[tènɛ̀sũ̀ɬìné jàtʰìɛ́]}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|people=[[Chipewyan|Dënesųłinë́]]|language='''Dënesųłinë́ yatıé'''|country=Dënesųłinë́ nëné,<br />[[Denendeh|Denendeh<br />ᑌᓀᐣᑌᐧ]]}}

'''Chipewyan''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|tʃ|ɪ|p|ə|ˈ|w|aɪ|ə|n}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> or '''Dënesųłinë́''' (ethnonym: '''{{Transliteration|chp|Dënesųłinë́ yatié}}'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Languages of the Northwest Territories |url=https://www.pwnhc.ca/official-languages-of-the-northwest-territories/ |website=Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Languages Overview |url=https://olc-nt.ca/languages/overview/ |website=Office of the Northwest Territories Official Languages Commissioner |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> {{IPA|chp|tènɛ̀sũ̀ɬìné jàtʰìɛ́|}}), often simply called '''Dëne''', is the language spoken by the [[Chipewyan]] people of northwestern [[Canada]]. It is categorized as part of the [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan language family]]. It has nearly 12,000 speakers in Canada, mostly in [[Saskatchewan]], [[Alberta]], [[Manitoba]] and the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name="census">[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= Statistics Canada: 2006 Census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016163022/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89189&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|date=October 16, 2013}} Sum of 'Chipewyan' and 'Dene'.</ref> It has [[official language|official status]] only in the Northwest Territories, alongside eight other [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|aboriginal languages]]: [[Cree language|Cree]], [[Dogrib language|Tlicho]], [[Gwichʼin language|Gwich'in]], [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]], [[Inuinnaqtun]], [[Inuvialuktun]], [[Slavey language|North Slavey]] and [[Slavey language|South Slavey]].<ref name="nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca"/><ref name="lang">[http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/PDF/ACTS/Official_Languages.pdf Northwest Territories Official Languages Act, 1988] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324202430/http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/PDF/ACTS/Official_Languages.pdf|date=March 24, 2009}} (as amended 1988, 1991–1992, 2003)</ref>

Most Chipewyan people now use Dëne and Dënesųłinë́ to refer to themselves as a people and to their language, respectively. The Saskatchewan communities of Fond-du-Lac,<ref>{{cite web| title =Prince Albert Grand Council (Fond-du-Lac)| url =http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=3| access-date =2013-05-26| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120212123739/http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=3| archive-date =2012-02-12}}</ref> Black Lake,<ref>{{cite web| title =Prince Albert Grand Council (Black Lake)| url =http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=1| access-date =2013-05-26| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140408161847/http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=1| archive-date =2014-04-08}}</ref> Wollaston Lake<ref>{{cite web| title =Prince Albert Grand Council (Wollaston Lake)| url =http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=4| access-date =2013-05-26| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120212123748/http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=4| archive-date =2012-02-12}}</ref> and La Loche are among these.