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Chippewyan

Chippewyan

9.9
A language that the Chippewyan people speak in northern Canada
  • noun
  • /ˈʧɪpəˌwɪən/
: chippewa
  • Many elders still speak Chippewyan in their daily lives.

Examples

  • She is studying Chippewyan as part of her research on Indigenous Canadian languages.

  • A new dictionary aims to preserve and document the Chippewyan language.

  • The Chippewyan language is rich in history.

  • Are you familiar with the Chippewyan dialect?

  • A new dictionary aims to preserve and document the Chippewyan language.

  • Many elders still speak Chippewyan in their daily lives.

  • She is studying Chippewyan as part of her research on Indigenous Canadian languages.

Synonyms

Chipewyan
vsChippewyan
9.9

A language spoken by Indigenous people who live around Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay

is the same meaning but appears under a slightly different spelling
Chipewyan language
vsChippewyan
9.9

A language the Chipewyan people speak in northern Canada

states the same language without stressing the primary location
Chippewyan language
vsChippewyan
9.9

A language spoken by the Chipewyan people in northern Canada and part of the Athabaskan family

gives the same language but without naming its family
Chippewaian language
vsChippewyan
9.9

A language spoken by the Chipewyan people in northern Canada

refers to the same language without the traditional time focus
Chippewaian
vsChippewyan
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A language spoken by the Chipewyan people of Canada

gives more linguistic and regional detail about that same language

Compounds

A language spoken by the Chipewyan people in northern Canada and part of the Athabaskan family

Surface Forms

Chippewyan singular
Chippewyans plural

Etymology

Chippewyan is the English name for a northern Canadian Indigenous people and their language. It comes from local Dene words, with Dene meaning 'people', so Chippewyan simply names the people and therefore their language.