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Dene Suline is one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories , the others being English , French , Cree , Dogrib , Gwich'in , Inuktitut , Inuvialuktun , and Slavey .


SOUNDS



Consonants


The 39 consonants of Dene Suline:


Vowels


Dene Suline has vowels of 6 differing qualities.

Most vowels can be either


As a result, Dene Suline has 18 Phonemic vowels:

Dene Suline also has 9 oral and nasal Diphthong s of the form ''vowel'' + .


Tone


Dene Suline has two tones:

  • high

  • low




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BIBLIOGRAPHY


  • Cook, Eung-Do. (2004). ''A grammar of Dëne Sųłiné (Chipewyan)''. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics - Special Athabaskan Number, Memoir 17. Winnipeg: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics. ISBN 0-9210-6417-9.

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). ''Ethnologue: Languages of the world'' (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).

  • Li, Fang-Kuei. (1946). Chipewyan. In C. Osgood & H. Hoijer (Eds.), ''Linguistic structures of native America'' (pp. 398-423). New York: The Viking Fund.

  • Osgood, Cornelius; & Hoijer, Harry (Eds.). (1946). ''Linguistic structures of native America''. Viking fund publications in anthropology (No. 6). New York: The Viking Fund. (Reprinted 1963, 1965, 1967, & 1971, New York: Johnson Reprint Corp.).