Editing Slavey language (section)

{{Short description|Athabaskan language group spoken in Canada}}
{{distinguish|Slavic languages|Slavery}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Slavey
| nativename       = ''North'':<br>{{lang|scs|Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́}}, {{lang|scs|K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́}}, {{lang|scs|Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́}}<br>''South'':<br>{{lang|xsl|Dené Dháh}}, {{lang|xsl|Dene Yatıé}}, {{lang|xsl|Dene Zhatıé}}
| states           = Denendeh, [[Canada]]
| region           = [[Northwest Territories]]
| ethnicity        = [[Slavey people|Slavey]], [[Sahtu]]
| speakers         = 2,215
| date             = 2021 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2023-03-29 |title=Indigenous languages in Canada, 2021 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2023029-eng.htm |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Dené-Yeniseian
| fam2             = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]
| fam3             = [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]
| fam4             = [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan]]
| nation           = [[Northwest Territories]], [[Canada]]<ref>[http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf Official Languages of the Northwest Territories] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323114247/http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |date=2012-03-23 }} (map)</ref>
| iso2             = den
| iso3             = den
| lc1              = scs
| ld1              = North Slavey
| lc2              = xsl
| ld2              = South Slavey
| glotto           = slav1253
| glottorefname    = Slave
| notice           = IPA
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|North Slavey is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| imagecaption     = North Slavey text carved into stone in Yellowknife
| image            = Yellowknife text.jpg
}}
{{infobox ethnonym|root=[[Dene]] / (<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">[[Slavey]]</span>)<ref name="SlaveyName">{{cite news |last1=Mandeville |first1=Curtis |title=Goodbye Great Slave Lake? Movement to decolonize N.W.T. maps is growing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/decolonizing-nwt-place-names-1.3640819 |access-date=7 November 2023 |agency=CBC |quote= [T]he name Slavey is a colonial term that was imposed on the Dehcho Dene[, Nakehk'o said;] "It is a very terrible and horrible name." |date=21 June 2016}}</ref><br/><small>"people" / "''Awokanak''"</small><ref>Waldman, Carl (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=WxomdGVLjZ0C&pg=PA275 Facts on File Library of American History - Encyclopedia of Native American tribes]. Infobase Publishing. p. 275. {{ISBN|9781438110103}}. The name given to [[Dene]] by the [[Cree]] "who sometimes raided and enslaved their less aggressive northern neighbors".</ref>|person=[[Dene]]|people=[[Sahtu|Got'iné]] <small>(North)</small>{{indent|3}}Sahtúgot’įné ("[[Great Bear Lake]]"){{indent|3}}K’ashógot’įne ("Hareskin"){{indent|3}}Shíhgot’įne ("Mountain")<br/>[[Slavey#Groups|Deneke]] <small>(South)</small>|language=[[Slavey language|Got'iné Kedé / Got'iné Yatí]]{{indent|3}}Sahtúgot’įné Kədǝ́{{indent|3}}K’ashógot’įne Xədǝ́{{indent|3}}Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́<br/>[[Slavey language|Dene Yatié / Dene Zhatié]]|country=[[Denendeh]],{{indent|3}}[[Sahtu Region|Got'iné Néné]] <small>(North)</small>,{{indent|6}}Sahtúgot’įné Nę́nę́{{indent|6}}K’ashógot’įne Nę́né{{indent|6}}Shıhgot’ıné Nę́nę́{{indent|3}}Dene Ndéh <small>(South)</small>,{{indent|6}}[[Deh Cho Region|Dehchondéh]]{{indent|6}}[[Dene Tha' First Nation|Dene Tha' Ndéh]]<br/>}}

'''Slavey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|l|eɪ|v|i}};<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref>  also '''Slave''', '''Slavé''') is a group of [[Athabaskan languages]] and a [[dialect continuum]] spoken amongst the [[Dene]] peoples of [[Canada]] in the [[Northwest Territories]] – or central Denendeh – where it also has official status.<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/20050408070402/http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/PDF/ACTS/Official_Languages.pdf |date=2005-04-08 }} (as amended 1988, 1991-1992, 2003)</ref> The languages are primarily written using a modified [[Latin script]], with some using [[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics]]. In their own languages, these languages are referred to as: '''Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́''' (spoken by the [[Sahtu|Sahtu Dene]]), '''K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́''' (the Hare Dene dialect) and '''Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́''' (the Mountain dialect) in the North, and '''Dené Dháh''' (primarily by the [[Dene Tha' First Nation|Dene Tha']] in [[Alberta]]), '''Dene Yatıé''' or '''Dene Zhatıé''' in the South.