Editing Chipewyan language (section)

== Geographic distribution and speakers ==
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| caption = Fifteen communities in Canada with [[Denesuline|Dënesųłinë́]] populations. Larger dots are villages with over 1,000 speakers.
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  {{Location map~|Canada Saskatchewan| label=[[Patuanak, Saskatchewan|Patuanak]] | lat=55.89 | long=-107.70 | label_size=75 | marksize=6}}
  {{Location map~|Canada Saskatchewan| label=[[Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan|Fond-du-Lac]] | lat=59.32 | long=-107.19 | label_size=75 | marksize=6| position=left}}
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  {{Location map~|Canada Saskatchewan| label=[[La Loche, Saskatchewan|La Loche]] | lat=56.48 | long=-109.43 | label_size=75 | marksize=9| position=left}}
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  {{Location map~|Canada Saskatchewan| label=[[Lac Brochet, Manitoba|Lac Brochet]] | lat=58.62 | long=-101.48 | label_size=75 | marksize=6 | position=left}}
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[[File:Signs by the La Loche Airport.jpg|right|thumb|Welcome signs by the La Loche Airport]]
[[File:Bilingual Sign at La Loche Airport (Saskatchewan) with text “I am proud to be Dënësųłınë́”.jpg|right|thumb|Close-up of Dënesųłinë́ and English sign]]

In the 2011 Canada Census 11,860 people chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue. 70.6% were located in Saskatchewan and 15.2% were located in Alberta.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Statistics Canada Table 1 (Aboriginal language families) Canada Census 2011 |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-314-x/2011003/tbl/tbl3_3-1-eng.cfm |access-date=2013-04-14}}</ref>

*7,955 were in [[Saskatchewan]]<ref name="Canada Census 2011">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Profiles (Canada Census 2011) |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2013-04-14}}</ref> 
*1,680 were in [[Alberta]] (the [[Dene Tha' First Nation]] a Dëne/[[South Slavey language|South Slavey]] group (approximately 1000 people) are included in this total)
*1,005 were in [[Manitoba]]
*450 were in the [[Northwest Territories]]
*70 were in [[British Columbia]] 
*45 were in the [[Yukon]]  
*20 were in [[Ontario]]

Not all were from the historical [[Chipewyan people|Chipewyan]] regions south and east of [[Great Slave Lake]]. 
Approximately 11,000 of those who chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011 are Dëne/Chipewyan with 7,955 (72%) in Saskatchewan, 1,005 (9%) in Manitoba, 510 plus urban dwellers in Alberta and 260 plus urban dwellers in the Northwest Territories. The communities within the Dëne traditional areas are shown below:

===Saskatchewan===

The Dënesųłinë́-speaking communities of Saskatchewan are located in the northern half of the province. The area from the upper [[Churchill River (Hudson Bay)|Churchill River]] west of [[Pinehouse Lake]] all the way north to [[Lake Athabasca]] and from Lake Athabasca east to the north end of [[Reindeer Lake]] is home to 7410 people who chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />

[[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]] had 265 residents who chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011, [[Saskatoon]] had 165, the [[La Ronge]] Population Centre had 55 and [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]] had 30.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />

'''3,050''' were in the [[Lake Athabasca]]-[[Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan)|Fond du Lac River]] area including [[Black Lake (Saskatchewan)|Black Lake]] and [[Wollaston Lake]] in the communities of:

*[[Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan|Fond-du-Lac]] 705 out of 874 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan|Stony Rapids]] 140 out of 243 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Black Lake, Saskatchewan|Black Lake (Chicken 224)]] 1040 out of 1070 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Uranium City]] (hamlet)
*[[Camsell Portage, Saskatchewan|Camsell Portage]] (hamlet)
*[[Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan|Wollaston Lake]] 
*[[Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan|Wollaston Post]] (Lac La Hache 220) 1165 out of 1251 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

'''3,920''' were in the upper [[Churchill River (Hudson Bay)|Churchill River]] area including [[Peter Pond Lake]], [[Churchill Lake]], [[Lac La Loche]], Descharme Lake, Garson Lake and [[Turnor Lake (Saskatchewan)|Turnor Lake]] in the communities of:

*[[La Loche, Saskatchewan|La Loche]] 2,300 out 2,611 chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Clearwater River Dene Nation|Clearwater River]] 720 out of 778 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Black Point, Saskatchewan|Black Point]] (hamlet)
*[[Bear Creek, Saskatchewan|Bear Creek]] (hamlet)
*[[Garson Lake, Saskatchewan|Garson Lake]] (hamlet)
*[[Descharme Lake, Saskatchewan|Descharme Lake]] (hamlet)
*[[Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan|Turnor Lake]] 
*[[Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan|Turnor Lake]] ([[Birch Narrows First Nation]]) 70 out of 419 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Dillon, Saskatchewan|Dillon]] ([[Buffalo River Dene Nation]]) 330 out of 764 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[St. George's Hill, Saskatchewan]] 85 out of 100 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Michel Village, Saskatchewan|Michel Village]] 55 out of 66 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan|Buffalo Narrows]] 35 out of 1153 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Patuanak, Saskatchewan|Patuanak]] 35 out of 64 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Patuanak, Saskatchewan|Patuanak (Wapachewunak 1920)]] 265 out of 482 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Beauval, Saskatchewan|Beauval (La Plonge 192)]] 25 out of 115 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

===Manitoba===
Two isolated communities are in northern Manitoba. The two Manitoban communities use [[Carrier syllabics|Dënesųłinë́ syllabics]] to write their language.
 
*[[Lac Brochet, Manitoba|Lac Brochet (197 A)]] '''720''' out of 816 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Tadoule Lake, Manitoba|Tadoule Lake (Churchill 1)]] '''170''' out of 321 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

===Alberta===
The '''Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Economic Region''' in the north eastern portion of Alberta from Fort Chipewyan to the [[Cold Lake, Alberta|Cold Lake]] area has the following communities. '''510''' residents of this region chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />

*[[Fort Chipewyan]] 45 out of 847 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Fort McKay]] 30 out of 562 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Janvier, Alberta|Janvier]] (Janvier 194) 145 out of 295 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Janvier South]] 35 out of 104 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*[[Cold Lake 149]] 105 out of 594 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.
*Cold Lake 149 B, Alberta 25 out of 149 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

===Northwest Territories===
Three communities are located south of [[Great Slave Lake]] in Region 5. '''260''' residents of [[Region 5, Northwest Territories|Region 5]] chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />

*[[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]] 30 out of 2093 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Fort Resolution]] 95 out of 474 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />
*[[Lutselk'e]] 120 out of 295 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.<ref name="Canada Census 2011" />