Dëne Sųłıné

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Chipewyan Dene Sųłiné.

Noun

Dëne Sųłıné sg or pl

  1. Synonym of Chipewyan
    • 2022 February 17, Stuart Derdeyn, “Indigenous scholar, artist, broadcaster Jarrett Martineau is Chan Centre curator-in-residence”, in Vancouver Sun‎[1]:
      Jarrett Martineau, a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Dene Sųłiné producer, artist, scholar, and storyteller, is the curator-in-residence at the Chan Centre.

Proper noun

Dëne Sųłıné

  1. Synonym of Chipewyan (an Athabaskan language)
    • 2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories‎[2], Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30:
      In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.
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