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Athabaskan language spoken in northwestern Canada

Chipewyan ,/tʃ//ɪ//p//ə/'/w//aɪ//ə//n/ or Dënesųłinë́ (ethnonym: ), often simply called Dëne, is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of northwestern Canada. It is categorized as part of the Northern Athabaskan language family. It has nearly 12,000 speakers in Canada, mostly in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. It has official status only in the Northwest Territories, alongside 8 other aboriginal languages: Cree, Tlicho, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey and South Slavey. Most Chipewyan people now use Dëne and Dënesųłinë́ to refer to themselves as a people and to their language, respectively. The Saskatchewan communities of Fond du Lac, Black Lake, Wollaston Lake and La Loche are among these.

Two isolated communities are in northern Manitoba. The two Manitoban communities use Dënesųłinë́ syllabics to write their language. Lac Brochet (197 A) 720 out of 816 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Tadoule Lake (Churchill 1) 170 out of 321 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

The Wood Buffalo Cold Lake Economic Region in the north eastern portion of Alberta from Fort Chipewyan to the Cold Lake area has the following communities. 510 residents of this region chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Fort Chipewyan 45 out of 847 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Fort McKay 30 out of 562 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Janvier (Janvier 194) 145 out of 295 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Janvier South 35 out of 104 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Cold Lake 149 105 out of 594 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Cold Lake 149 B, Alberta 25 out of 149 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.

Three communities are located south of Great Slave Lake in Region 5. 260 residents of Region 5 chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Fort Smith 30 out of 2093 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Fort Resolution 95 out of 474 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011. Lutselk'e 120 out of 295 residents chose Dënesųłinë́ as their mother tongue in 2011.