Dane-zaa | |
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Beaver | |
Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ (ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ) | |
Native to | Canada |
Region | British Columbia, Alberta |
Ethnicity | 1,700 Dane-zaa[1] |
Native speakers | 220, 13% of ethnic population (2016 census)[2] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bea |
Glottolog | beav1236 |
ELP | Dane-Zaa (Beaver) |
![]() Beaver is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
People | Dane-z̲aa ᑕᓀᖚ |
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Language | Dane-z̲aa Ẕáágéʔ ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ |
Country | Dane-z̲aa nanéʔ ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ ᓇᓀᐥ, Denendeh ᑌᓀᐣᑌᐧ |
Dane-zaa, known in the language as Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ (syll: ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ), formerly known as Beaver, is an Athabascan language of western Canada. It means "people-regular language." About one-tenth of the Dane-zaa people speak the language.
Beaver is closely related to the languages spoken by neighboring Athabaskan groups, such as Slavey, Sekani, Tsuu T’ina, Chipewyan, and Kaska.