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North America
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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,470

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Spoken in the Northwest Territories between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. It is the first language of 2,470 people (of whom about 1,350 regularly use it in the home), primarily in five small communities: Detah (105 speakers out of a total population of 190), Rae Lakes (210 out of 260), Rae-Edzo (1,010 out of 1,655), Snare Lake (100 out of 135), and Wha Ti (325 out of 415). There are also about 220 speakers in the city of Yellowknife, as well as an unknown number of speakers in the dialectally mixed community of Déline (Fort Franklin).

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2008

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Northwest Territories

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Spoken in the Northwest Territories between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. It is the first language of 2,470 people (of whom about 1,350 regularly use it in the home), primarily in five small communities: Detah (105 speakers out of a total population of 190), Rae Lakes (210 out of 260), Rae-Edzo (1,010 out of 1,655), Snare Lake (100 out of 135), and Wha Ti (325 out of 415). There are also about 220 speakers in the city of Yellowknife, as well as an unknown number of speakers in the dialectally mixed community of Déline (Fort Franklin).

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Spoken in the Northwest Territories between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. It is the first language of 2,470 people (of whom about 1,350 regularly use it in the home), primarily in five small communities: Detah (105 speakers out of a total population of 190), Rae Lakes (210 out of 260), Rae-Edzo (1,010 out of 1,655), Snare Lake (100 out of 135), and Wha Ti (325 out of 415). There are also about 220 speakers in the city of Yellowknife, as well as an unknown number of speakers in the dialectally mixed community of Déline (Fort Franklin).

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English

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About 1,350 regularly use it in the home.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,675

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Year of info

2010

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62.8292,-115.9904

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2,470

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Canada

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Spoken in the Northwest Territories between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake.

Government support

One of the official languages of the Northwest Territories.

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Spoken in the Northwest Territories between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,110

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Ethnic Population

3,220

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2001). 12%% are monolinguals. 2,080 (2011 census). 250 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3,220 (2013).

Year of info

2009

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Canada;

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