Editing Tutchone language (section)

{{Short description|Athabaskan language spoken in the Yukon}}{{Split|date=July 2024|Northern Tutchtone language|Southern Tutchtone language}}{{Infobox language
| name             = Tutchone
| nativename       = {{lang|tce|Dän kʼè}} (Southern)<br>{{lang|ttm|Dän kʼí}} (Northern)
| states           = [[Canada]]
| region           = [[Yukon]]
| ethnicity        = 2,500 (1,100 [[Northern Tutchone people|Northern Tutchone]], 1,400 [[Southern Tutchone people|Southern Tutchone]]; 2007)
| speakers         = 360
| date             = 2016 census
| ref              = <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=112132&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=Aboriginal Mother Tongue|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=28 March 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Dené-Yeniseian
| fam2             = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]
| fam3             = Athabaskan–Eyak
| fam4             = [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]
| fam5             = [[Northern Athabaskan languages|Northern Athabaskan]]
| lc1              = tce
| ld1              = Southern
| lc2              = ttm
| ld2              = Northern
| glotto           = tutc1236
| glottorefname    = Tutchone
| map              = Tutchone map.svg
| mapcaption       = Speaker location
| map2             = Lang Status 20-CR.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Southern Tutchone is classified as Critically Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}
[[File:Lang Status 60-DE.svg|thumb|right|{{center|{{small|Northern Tutchone is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}]]

'''Tutchone''' is an [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan language]] spoken by the [[Northern Tutchone|Northern]] and [[Southern Tutchone]] First Nations in central and southern regions of [[Yukon]] Territory, [[Canada]]. Tutchone belongs to the Northern Athabaskan linguistic subfamily and has two primary [[Variety (linguistics)|varieties]], Southern and Northern. Although they are sometimes considered separate languages, Northern and Southern Tutchone speakers are generally able to understand each other in conversation, albeit with moderate difficulty.<ref>Krauss, M. E. and V. Golla. (1981). Northern Athapaskan Languages. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 6: Subarctic, ed. by June Helm, 67–85. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.</ref>

Southern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of [[Aishihik, Yukon|Aishihik]], [[Burwash Landing, Yukon|Burwash Landing]], [[Champagne, Yukon|Champagne]], [[Haines Junction, Yukon|Haines Junction]], [[Kloo Lake, Yukon|Kloo Lake]], [[Klukshu, Yukon|Klukshu]], [[Lake Laberge]], and [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1470|title=Did you know Southern Tutchone is severely endangered?|website=Endangered Languages|language=en|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref>

Northern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of [[Mayo, Yukon|Mayo]], [[Pelly Crossing, Yukon|Pelly Crossing]], [[Stewart Crossing, Yukon|Stewart Crossing]], [[Carmacks, Yukon|Carmacks]], and [[Beaver Creek, Yukon|Beaver Creek]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1918|title=Did you know Northern Tutchone is severely endangered?|website=Endangered Languages|language=en|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref>