Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit · ISO 639-3 den
Slavey Language
Slavey is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken by about 2,300 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin and UCAS scripts.
Where Slavey is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Slavey language
Slavey is spoken by about 2,300 people. It belongs to the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language family and, more precisely, to the Athabaskan group within the Athabaskan branch.
Where is Slavey spoken?
Slavey is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Canada (2,327).
Slavey is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Canada.
Writing system and status
Slavey is written in the Latin and UCAS scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Chipewyan, Tlicho and Gwichʼin.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 den.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.