Slavey (language)
| Slavey ᑌᓀ ᒐ Dene Tha (South Slavey) ᑲᑊᗱᑯᑎᑊᓀ K'áshogot'ine; ᓴᑋᕲᒼᑯᑎᑊᓀ Sahtúgot'ine; ᗰᑋᑯᑎᑊᓀ Shihgot'ine (North Slavey) |
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Spoken in |
 Canada ( Northwest Territories )
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| speaker | 3,545 (total); 1,235 (North-Slavey); 2,310 (South-Slavey) | |
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| Official language in |
 Northwest Territories
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
the |
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| ISO 639-3 |
den, scs (North Slavey), xsl (South Slavey) |
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Slavey (also Slave ) (pronounced: /ˈsleɪ̯.vi/) is an Athapaskan language spoken by the Slavey Indians in Canada . There's North Slavey ( Sahtu ) and South Slavey ( Deh Cho )
In older literature the name of the language was called slave ; however, the associations together with the pronunciation of the homonym slave (the last e should be spoken) caused the switch to Slavey .
The language can be written using the Cree syllabary or the Latin alphabet .
Slavey was the language used by the fictional gang in the Canadian television series North of 60 .