Na-Dene family
Dene Suline
1500 CE – today Living
Dene Suline (1500 CE – today) is a living Na-Dene language. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak → Proto-Athabaskan → Dene Suline.
See Dene Suline on the interactive map- Speakers
- 11K (11,000)
- ISO 639-3
- chp
- Glottocode
- chip1261
Northern Athabaskan (Chipewyan), spoken in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
Lineage
- Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
- Proto-Athabaskanc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Dene Suline1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Proto-Athabaskan.