Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit · ISO 639-3 dgr
Tlicho Language
Tlicho is an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language spoken by about 2,100 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Tlicho is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Tlicho language
Tlicho is spoken by about 2,100 people, which makes it the 551st most spoken language in the world — just behind Ménik (3,300) and ahead of Uspanteco (2,000). It belongs to the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language family and, more precisely, to the Slaveyic group within the Athabaskan branch.
Where is Tlicho spoken?
Tlicho is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Canada (2,133).
Tlicho is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Canada.
Writing system and status
Tlicho is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Chipewyan, Slavey and Gwichʼin.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 dgr.
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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.