Editing Slavey language (section)

==North Slavey and South Slavey ==
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 }}'''North Slavey''' is spoken by the [[Sahtu|Sahtu (North Slavey)]] people in the [[District of Mackenzie|Mackenzie District]] along the middle [[Mackenzie River]] from [[Tulita]] (Fort Norman) north, around [[Great Bear Lake]], and in the [[Mackenzie Mountains]] of the [[Canadian territory]] of [[Northwest Territories]]. The dialect has around 800 speakers.<ref name="census">{{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|last=Canada|first=Government of Canada, Statistics|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=2 August 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref>
Northern Slavey is an amalgamation of three separate ''dialects'': 
* K’ashógot’įne ({{lang|scs-Cans|ᑲᑊᗱᑯᑎᑊᓀ}}) Goxedǝ́: Hare, spoken by the {{lang|scs|i=no|Gahwié got’iné}} - "Rabbitskin People" or {{lang|scs|i=no|K’áshogot’ıne}} - "Great Hare People", referring to their dependence on the varying hare for food and clothing, also called {{lang|fr|i=no|Peaux de Lièvre}} or {{lang|fr|i=no|Locheaux}}
* Sahtúgot’įné ({{lang|scs-Cans|ᓴᑋᕲᒼᑯᑎᑊᓀ}}) Yatı̨́: Bear Lake, spoken by the {{lang|scs|i=no|Sahtu Dene}} or {{lang|scs|i=no|Sahtú got’iné}} - "Bear Lake People", also known as {{lang|fr|i=no|Gens du Lac d'Ours}}
* Shíhgot’įne ({{lang|scs-Cans|ᗰᑋᑯᑎᑊᓀ}}) Yatı̨́: Mountain, spoken by the {{lang|scs|i=no|Shıhgot’ıné, Shuhtaot'iné}} or {{lang|scs|i=no|Shotah Dene}} - "Mountain People" or ''Mountain Indians'', also called {{lang|scs|i=no|Nahagot’iné, Nahaa}} or {{lang|scs|i=no|Nahane Dene}} - "People of the west", so called because they lived in the mountains west of the other Slavey groups, between the Mackenzie Mountains and the Mackenzie River, from the Redstone River to the Mountain River

'''South Slavey''' ({{lang|xsl-Cans|ᑌᓀ ᒐ}} {{lang|xsl|i=no|[[Dene Tha' First Nation|Dené Dháh]], Dene Yatıé}} or {{lang|xsl|i=no|Dene Zhatıé}}) is spoken by the [[Slavey]] people, who were also known as {{lang|xsl|i=no|Dehghaot'ine, Deh Cho, Etchareottine}}{{refn|Or ''A-cha-o-tin-ne'', ''Achaotinne'', ''Acheotenne'', ''A-che-to-e-ten-ni'', ''Achetoetenni'', ''Acheto-e-Tinne'', ''Achetoetinne'', ''Acheto-tena'', ''Achetotinna'', ''Ache-to-tin'neh'', ''Acheto-tinneh'', ''Achetotinneh'', ''Achoto-e-tenni'', ''Achotoetenni''.<ref name="clark">{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=Patricia Roberts |title=Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced |date=21 October 2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5169-2 |page=11 |language=en}}</ref>}} - "People Dwelling in the Shelter", in the region of [[Great Slave Lake]], upper Mackenzie River ({{lang|xsl|i=no|Deh Cho}} - "Big River") and its drainage, in the District of Mackenzie, northeast [[Alberta]], and northwest [[British Columbia]].

Some communities are bilingual, with the children learning Slavey at home and English when they enter school. Still other communities are monolingual in Slavey<ref name="Rice" /> The dialect has around 1,000 speakers.<ref name="census"/>

''Alternative names:'' Slavi, Slave, Dené, Mackenzian

The division of Slavey dialects is based largely on the way each one pronounces the old Proto-Athapaskan sounds *dz *ts *ts’ *s and *z.