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Name: Kutchin Type: Language Alternate Names: Loucheux; Kuchin; Gwich'in; Tukudh; Takudh Spoken in: USA, Canada Number of speakers: 500 in Canada. Population total all countries: 800 (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 400 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 730 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: gwi Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian) Parent Subgroup: Kutchin-Han; Han-Kutchin (hank) Brief Description: "Gwich'in (Kutchin) is an Athabaskan language spoken in northeastern Alaska in the villages of Arctic Village, Venetie, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Circle, and Birch Creek, as well as in Aklavik, Inuvik, Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River) and Fort McPherson in the Northwest Territories, and in Old Crow in the Yukon Territory. A distinction is made between Western (Alaskan) and Eastern (Canadian) dialects, with the latter was once called Loucheux. The Gwich'in population of Alaska is about 1,100, and of that number about 300 are speakers of the language; the Canadian population is about 1,900, with perhaps as many as 500 speakers." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 15

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable