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Gwichʼin (Dinjii Zhuʼ Ginjik)
Native to: Canada, United States
Region: Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska
Ethnicity 3,000 Gwichʼin people (2007)
Native speakers: ca. 560 (2007–2016)
Language family: Na-Dene (Athabaskan)
ISO: 639-2 gwi, 639-3 gwi
Glottolog: gwic1235

Gwich'in (Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik)

Gwich'in is an Athabaskan language with about 400 speakers in parts of Canada, mainly in the Northwest Territories, were it has official status, and also in the Yukon Territory. There are a further 300 speakers in Alaska. Most speakers of Gwich'in are elderly, though in a few communities, the language is used by all ages of people.

The Gwich'in language has also been known as Loucheux, Kutchin and Tukudh.

Gwich'in was first reduced to writing by Robert McDonald (1829-1913) a Church of England missionary, in the 1870s. His Gwich'in translations of the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer and a hymnal are still read by middle-aged and older people. Younger people are more familiar with the new Gwich'in spelling system, which was devised by Richard Mueller in the 1960s.

Links
Information about the Gwich'in language and culture
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/gwichin.php
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/languages/gw/gw.html
http://www.languagegeek.com/dene/gwichin/gwichin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwich'in_language
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/langs/ga.html
http://www.native-languages.org/gwichin.htm
http://www.oldcrow.ca/language.htm
http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/aborig/land/page17.htm
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/langlessons/gwichin/main.html
http://www.gwichin.ca
http://www.gwichin.org
Bible.is