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Northern Tutchone Language Lessons: White River Dialect
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Language Name
Northern Tutchone.
Alternate Language Names
Dän kʼí.
Region
Yukon, Canada.
Who
Mary Blair, Elizabeth Blair (Authors and Speakers).
Others Involved
Yukon Native Language Centre (Publisher); Council for Yukon First Nations (Printing); Yukon Department of Education (Support); Government of Yukon (Cover photo); First Nation Programs & Partnerships Unit of the Department of Education (Owner of dictionary).
Publishing Information
Published 1995 by the Yukon Native Language Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon. This is a phrasebook published alongside audio from Mary Blair and Elizabeth Blair.
How People are Cited
The speaker-authors are cited on the cover as well as the second and third pages of the phrasebook.
How Information is Cited
The source of information for this phrasebook is cited on the first page.
Where is Information Coming from
The information in this phrasebook comes from Mary and Elizabeth Blair.
Tools and Framework used
This phrasebook is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
The digital copy (PDF scan) is open access through the Yukon Native Language Centre. It can be found in their Northern Tutchone page under Northern Tutchone Language Lessons with Audio. The physical copy can be accessed through libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Northern Tutchone.
Dialects Included
This phrasebook is of the White River dialect from Beaver Creek.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional pedagogical phrasebook.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in this dictionary are sentences and phrases rather than one word headwords. Entries are organised topically and are numbered within each short section. The entries are in English, followed by a Northern Tutchone translation.
There are also two grammatical charts incorporated in the dictionary titled Verb Chart (Provisional) and Possessives.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | |
| Audio | ✅ | There are audio files available for download in the Yukon Native Language Centre website. There are 53 recordings, each corresponding to one of the pages of the dictionary |
| Images | ✅ | There is usually one illustration on every page that accompanies the topic of the page |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | All phrases and audio recordings in this dictionary come from Mary Blair and Elizabeth Blair |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | This dictionary only includes one dialect |
Other Notes
This pedagogical phrasebook's entries are only basic sentences, it does not include headwords like a typical dictionary would.
The audio files that accompany the phrasebook must be downloaded onto a device in order to be heard, they cannot be played off of the Yukon Native Language Centre's website.
External Links
Reference Northern Tutchone Language Lessons: White River Dialect on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/1006547038?oclcNum=1006547038
Open access digital copy and audio of Northern Tutchone Language Lessons: White River Dialect through the Yukon Native Language Centre: https://ynlc.ca/northern-tutchone/
A direct link to the PDF can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11HJjx5w9Ordrr9pRhxeJOV9VSHzOc74o/view