Did you know Northern Tutchone is severely endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tutchone, Tuchone, Tutchone (Northern), Tutchone, Northern, Selkirk
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan
ORTHOGRAPHY		orthography present
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ttm
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: In the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, and Carmacks.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
115
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Canada;

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from Krauss (1995).

210 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 1,100 (Golla 2007) (2013).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Shifting to English [eng]. Older adults.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Yukon, Mayo-Stewart, Selkirk-Pelly, Carmacks, Whitehorse, and White River areas.

PLACES: Canada;

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,100

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Language schools present

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

Scripts (Writing system)

orthography present

PLACES: Canada;

		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	1,100	~200	100-999		English	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Language schools present		Canada;
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.											Canada;		63.0,-137.0
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	1,000	200	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from Krauss (1995). 210 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 1,100 (Golla 2007) (2013).	English	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	Shifting to English [eng]. Older adults.	15	Canada;	Central Yukon, Mayo-Stewart, Selkirk-Pelly, Carmacks, Whitehorse, and White River areas.
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		115	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Canada;		62.8255,-136.5838
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.		1,000	~200	100-999		English	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		15	Canada;	In the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, and Carmacks.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			200	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Northern Tutchone

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

115

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

Discussion

Northern Tutchone

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

115

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

Discussion

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