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Sekani language

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Native to
  
Canada

Native speakers
  
30 (2014, FPCC)

Region
  
British Columbia

ISO 639-3
  
sek

Ethnicity
  
1,410 Sekani people (2014, FPCC)

Language family
  
Dené–Yeniseian?Na-DenéAthabaskanNorthern AthabaskanSekani

The Sekani language is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.

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Consonants

Sekani has 33 consonants:

  • *Sekani, like other Athabaskan languages, does not contrast fricatives with approximants.

    • Tone

    Sekani has two tones, low and high. High is the default. That is, syllables normally have high tone. Syllables phonologically marked for tone are low.

    Nasalization

    Nasalization of vowels is contrastive.

    Ethnologue/ISO 639-3 Code

    SEK

    Examples

    In the practical writing system used here, the letter "u" represents the mid-central vowel and "oo" represents the high back rounded vowel. Glottal stop is represented an apostrophe.

    Kwadacha Tsek'ene dialect

  • dune man; person
  • tlįį dog
  • wudzįįh caribou
  • yus snow
  • chǫ rain
  • k’wus cloud
  • kwùn fire
  • ’įįbèh summer
  • too water
  • mun lake
  • nun land
  • tselh axe
  • ʼukèʼ foot
  • ’àtse my grandfather
  • ’àtsǫǫ my grandmother
  • lhìghè’ one
  • lhèkwudut’e two
  • tadut’e three
  • dįįdut’e four
  • ǫ yes
  • Tlįį duchę̀’ ’ehdasde January
  • Dahyusè’ nùkehde wìlę February
  • Nùtsʼiide March
  • ʼUtʼǫ̀ʼ kùnuyehde May
  • Jìje dinììdulh July
  • Yhììh nunutsunde wìlę August
  • Yhììh ukudeh’àsde September
  • ’Udììtl’ǫh ’uwit’į̀į̀h October
  • Yus ’ut’į̀į̀h November
  • Khuye ’uwììjàh December

    • References

    Sekani language Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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