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Slavey, South

A language of Canada

ISO 639-3: xsl

Population	2,890. Ethnic population: 3,600 (Krauss 1995).
Region	Northwest Alberta, Great Slave Lake, upper Mackenzie River and drainage in Mackenzie District; northeast British Columbia in Fort Liard, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Hay River Dene (reserve), Jean Marie River, Nahanni Butte, Trout Lake, Wrigley and Yellowknife.
Language map	Canada
Alternate names	Dene, Dené, Denetha, Mackenzian, “Slave” , “Slavi”
Dialects	North [scs] and South Slavey part of dialect continuum which includes Hare, Bear Lake, Mountain, South Slavey, northern Alberta Slavey and Fort Nelson Slavey.
Classification	Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Hare-Chipewyan, Hare-Slavey A member of macrolanguage Slave [den] (Canada).
Language use	Official in Northwest Territories. Older people still use South Slavey in smaller, isolated communities; serious attrition among children and young people.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1891.
Writing system	Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Barber, Stephen J. 1990. "Adapting to a culture in transition."

Harrison, Carl H. and Victor P. Monus. 1978. "The particle tʼah in Slavey discourse."

Vernacular Publications

Dahsiah dek'eh dehtl'eh. 1975.

dene ghagonete. 1976.

Dene yatié 1, 2. 1970.

Det'ọ k'edeh. 1975.

Ezhah nat'á (Raven fools himself). 1973.

Golǫah gondié (Animal stories - in Slavey). 1974.

Kehgots'endeh. 1975.

Sah dendaa góh nadah (The bear goes to sleep for winter). 1974.

Slavey Alphabet (Upper Mackenzie). 1978.

Slavey alphabet. 1973.

Slavey topical dictionary (A topical list of words and phrases reflecting the dialect of the Slavey language spoken in the Fort Simpson area). 1977.

Yǫ tʼǫ́h gondi. 1970.