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===Dialects=== There are two main varieties of Gwichʼin, Eastern and Western, which are delineated roughly at the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Did you know Gwich'in is severely endangered? |url=http://endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2441 |access-date=2018-03-15 |website=Endangered Languages}}</ref> There are several dialects within these subgroupings, including Fort Yukon Gwichʼin, Arctic Village Gwichʼin, Western Canada Gwichʼin (Takudh, Tukudh, Loucheux), and Arctic Red River. Each village has unique pronunciation features, vocabulary, and expressions. Inhabitants of [[Old Crow, Yukon|Old Crow]] in the northern Yukon speak a similar dialect to those bands living in [[Venetie, Alaska|Venetie]] and [[Arctic Village, Alaska]]. Kâachik and Tâachik dialects are spoken in Johnson Creek village.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Loovers |first=Jan Peter Laurens |date=2011-03-09 |title=People of the Lakes: Stories of Our Van Tat Gwich'in Elders/Googwandak Nakhwach'ànjòo Van Tat Gwich'in, by Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Shirleen Smith |url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67134 |department=Reviews |journal=Arctic |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=118 |doi=10.14430/arctic4086 |issn=1923-1245 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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