South Slavey

South Slavey (Slave) is one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories. It is spoken across an area in the Northwest Territories bounded by the Hay River and Fort Simpson (east to west) and Wrigley and the Meander River (north to south). 

South Slavey Communities

• Echaot’įę Kǫ́ę́ (Fort Laird)
• Tthenáágó (Nahanni Butte)
• Łíídlį Kų́ę́ (Fort Simpson0
• Kátł’odehé (Hay River)
• Zhati Kǫ́ę́ (Fort Providence)
• Sambaa K’e (Trout Lake)
• Tthedzéh Kų́ę́ (Wrigley)
• Tthek’éhdélį (Jean Marie River)
• Tthek’eni Kǫ́ę́ (Fort Nelson)
• K'agee (Kakisa)

The following South Slavey community is currently represented in the Dene Speech Atlas:

• Jean Marie River

To view place and manner of descriptions of South Slavey sounds, see Orthography of South Slavey.

Dictionaries and grammars

• Howard, Philip G. 1990. A Dictionary of the Verbs of South Slavey. Yellowknife: Dept. of Culture and Communications, Govt. of the Northwest Territories, ISBN 0-7708-3868-5. 
• South Slavey Topical Dictionary

2018-08-06