Tutchone language

Tutchone
Dän kʼè (Southern) Dän kʼí (Northern)
Native to	Canada
Region	Yukon
Ethnicity	2,500 (1,100 Northern Tutchone, 1,400 Southern Tutchone; 2007)
Native speakers	360 (2016 census)[1]
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan–Eyak Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Tutchone
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: tce – Southern ttm – Northern
Glottolog	tutc1236
Speaker location
Southern Tutchone is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tutchone is an Athabaskan language spoken by the Northern and Southern Tutchone First Nations in central and southern regions of Yukon Territory, Canada. Tutchone belongs to the Northern Athabaskan linguistic subfamily and has two primary varieties, Southern and Northern. Although they are sometimes considered separate languages, Northern and Southern Tutchone speakers are generally able to understand each other in conversation, albeit with moderate difficulty.^[2]

Southern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Aishihik, Burwash Landing, Champagne, Haines Junction, Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Lake Laberge, and Whitehorse.^[3]

Northern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, Carmacks, and Beaver Creek.^[4]