Chipewyan

language spoken by the Chipewyan people of central Canada
Language language Q27692
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Chipewyan

Summary

Chipewyan is a language[1]. Chipewyan ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chipewyan is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Chipewyan's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Chipewyan's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Chipewyan is a type of Northern Athabaskan[6].
  • Chipewyan's writing system is recorded as Canadian Aboriginal syllabics[7].
  • Chipewyan's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Chipewyan's Commons category is recorded as Chipewyan language[9].
  • Chipewyan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chipewyan language[10].
  • Chipewyan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+11325'}[11].
  • Chipewyan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'chp', 'text': 'Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé'}[12].
  • Chipewyan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'chp', 'text': 'ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ ᔭᕠᐁ'}[13].
  • Chipewyan's different from is recorded as Chippewa[14].
  • Chipewyan's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[15].
  • Chipewyan's indigenous to is recorded as Alberta[16].
  • Chipewyan's indigenous to is recorded as Manitoba[17].
  • Chipewyan's indigenous to is recorded as Northwest Territories[18].
  • Chipewyan's indigenous to is recorded as Saskatchewan[19].
  • Chipewyan's indigenous to is recorded as Nunavut[20].
  • Chipewyan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CHP[21].
  • Chipewyan's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[22].

Why It Matters

Chipewyan ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2] Chipewyan has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Chipewyan is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Canada 2016 Census. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . olc-nt.ca. Retrieved . olc-nt.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Country Canada
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    Indigenous to Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories +2
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