Editing Dogrib language (section)

{{Short description|Northern Athabaskan language}}
{{distinguish|Dogri language}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Dogrib
| altname          = Tlicho
| nativename       = {{lang|dgr|Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì}}
| states           = Canada
| region           = [[Northwest Territories]]
| ethnicity        = [[Tłı̨chǫ]]
| speakers         = 1,735, 90% 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 |language=en |access-date=2017-11-23 |date=2017-08-02}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Dené-Yeniseian
| fam2             = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]
| fam3             = [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]
| fam4             = [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan]]
| nation           = Northwest Territories<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |title=Official Languages of the Northwest Territories |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323114247/http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2012}} (map)</ref>
| iso2             = dgr
| iso3             = dgr
| glotto           = dogr1252
| glottorefname    = Dogrib
| dia1             = Wıı̀lıı̀deh Yatıı̀
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]]
| notice           = IPA
| map2              = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2       = {{center|{{small|Dogrib is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|root= [[Tłı̨chǫ]]<br/><small>"dog-flank"</small>|person= [[Tłı̨chǫ|Tłı̨chǫ Done]]|people= [[Tłı̨chǫ|Tłı̨chǫ Done Do]]|language= Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì|country= [[Tłı̨chǫ Government|Tłı̨chǫ Ndé]], [[Denendeh]]}}

The '''Tlicho language''', also known as '''Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì''' ({{IPA|dgr|tɬʰĩtʃʰõ jatʰîː|}}) or the '''Dogrib language''', is a [[Northern Athabaskan language]] spoken by the [[Tłı̨chǫ]] (Dogrib people) [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] of the Canadian [[Northwest Territories]]. According to [[Statistics Canada]] in 2011, there were 2,080 people who speak Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Census in Brief Aboriginal Languages in Canada, Language, 2011 Census of Population|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-314-x/98-314-x2011003_3-eng.pdf|website=Government of Canada|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> As of 2016, 1,735 people speak the language.<ref>{{Cite web|title=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|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=41&Geo=01|website=Statistics Canada|date = 2 August 2017}}</ref>

Tłıchǫ Yatıì is spoken by the Tłıchǫ, a [[Dene]] First Nations people that reside in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Tłı̨chǫ lands lie east of [[Mackenzie River]] (Deh Cho)  between  [[Great Slave Lake]] (Tıdeè) and [[Great Bear Lake]] (Sahtu) in the Northwest Territories. There are four primary communities that speak the language: [[Gamèti]] (formerly Rae Lakes), [[Behchokǫ̀]] (formerly Rae-Edzo), [[Wekweeti|Wekweètì]] (formerly Snare Lakes) and [[Whatì]] (formerly Lac La Martre). From a population number of about 800 during the mid-19th century to about 1,700 by the 1970s, the population has grown to about 2,080 as recorded by the 2011 Census. However, Tłıchǫ Yatıì has seen a decrease in [[mother tongue]] speakers, hence placing it under the list of endangered languages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogrib: History |date=2012-01-05 |access-date=2017-03-09 |url=https://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/anthropology/online-collections-research/dogrib/history |website=Milwaukee Public Museum}}</ref><ref name="Dogrib endangered">{{Cite web|url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2159|title=Did you know Dogrib is endangered?|website=Endangered Languages|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>

The Tłıchǫ region covers the northern shore of Great Slave Lake  (Tıdeè), reaching up to Great Bear Lake (Sahtu). Behchokǫ̀, is the largest community in Tłıchǫ territory. According to the [[Endangered Languages Project]], approximately 1,350 people speak the language while at home. Speakers are commonly fluent in English.<ref name="Dogrib endangered" />