Babine-Witsuwit'en language
Babeen language
Babine Carrier language
Babine-Hagwilgate language
Babine language
Babine-Wet'suwet'en language
Bulkley Valley Lakes District language
Bulkley Valley language
Carrier language, Babine
Carrier language, North
Carrier language, Northern
Carrier language, Northwestern
Carrier language, Western
Lake Babine language
Lakes District language
Nadot'en language
Nadot'en-Wet'suwet'en language
Nâte-ote-tain language
Nat'ooten language
Nedut'en language
North Carrier language
Northern Carrier language
Northwestern Carrier language
Western Carrier language
Wet'suwet'en language
Witsuwit'en-Babine language
Witsuwit'en language
Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en language
British Columbia--Languages
British Columbia
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Athapascan languages
Babine (langue)
Witsuwit'en dialect
Work cat.: Story, G.L. Babine and Carrier phonology : a historically oriented study, 1984.
(Babines dialect of Carrier)
(Babine, Babine Carrier, Northern Carrier)
(Variants of Carrier: Babine, Northern Carrier)
p. 3 (Witsuwit'en is a dialect of Witsuwit'en-Babine (Athabaskan family). The language has also been known as Babine, Northern Carrier, Western Carrier, Babine/Witsuwit'en, and the Bulkley Valley Lakes District language, among other names. The language is best known in academic circles as "Babine", but that term is considered derogatory by some native speakers, and if the term is used locally at all, it refers to the Babine dialect or people who live at or frequent Babine Lake; Babine-Takla and Witsuwit'en are the main dialect divisions within Witsuwit'en-Babine; Witsuwit'en-Babine is spoken in western central British Columbia) p. 6 (the two main dialects of Witsuwit'en-Babine are Witsuwit'en and U'in Wit'en (also known as Babine)) p. 10 (linguists now agree that Carrier and Witsuwit'en-Babine are distinct languages) p. 14 (some of the other names that have been used for Witsuwit'en-Babine are Babine, Nâte-ote-tain, Babine-Hagwilgate and Northwestern Carrier) p. 15 (Witsuwit'en is also written locally as Wet'suwet'en) (OCoLC)79256044
(Babine; a language of Canada; alternate names: Babine Carrier, Lake Babine, Nadot'en, Nat'oot'en, Northern Carrier; autonym: Nedut'en; dialects: Wetsuset'en (Babine-Witsuwit'en, Bulkley Lakes, Witsuwit'en), Babine Proper, Takla, Francois Lake; location: British Columbia province: scattered. Bulkley river and Burns lake areas(Wetsuset'en dialect); Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities (Babine Proper dialect); classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan)
(Babine-Witsuwit'en; Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia; two main dialects of Babine-Witsuwit'en: Babine (Nedut'en), which is spoken around Babine, Trembleur and Takla Lakes; and Witsuwit'en, which is spoken in the Bulkley Valley by Broman and Skins Lakes)
(Witsuwit'en-Babine; dialects: Babine-Takla, Witsuwit'en)
Office of the Wet'suwet'en website, Oct. 4, 2022:
Our culture > Wet'suwet'en language (The Wet'suwet'en people speak Witsuwit'en, a dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language which, like its sister language Carrier, is a member of the Athabaskan family)
Niwhkinic Holhkin--our language chest : the Witsuwit'en Language and Culture Society's position on the proposed federal indigenous languages legislation, 2018, via Witsuwit'en Language & Culture Society website, viewed Oct. 4, 2022:
p. 6 (The Witsuwit'en-Babine language belongs to the Na-Dene (Athapaskan) language family, one of the largest language families in Canada. Our language was historically categorized as part of the Carrier language, along with many of our eastern neighbours; however, linguists James Kari and Hank Hildebrandt recognized that our language is distinct from the Carrier language; The spelling of "Witsuwit'en" is based on our current writing system developed by Hargus and is preferred in education and by our society. Though it is endorsed by our Hereditary Chiefs, they for the moment have chosen to retain "Wet'suwet'en" due to its usage in Delgamuukw v. British Columbia)
Native languages of the Americas website, Oct. 4, 2022
(Babine-Wet'suwet'en (Takla, Wetsuweten). Babine-Wet'suwet'en is an Athabascan language spoken by around 200 people in British Columbia; language has also been called North Carrier, Northern Carrier, or Babine Carrier, because of its linguistic similarity to the Carrier language. Alternate spellings of these names have included Babeen, Ned'uten, Neduten, Nadot'en, Nadoten, Nat'ooten, Natooten, Wetsuweten, Wetsuwet'en, Wets'uwet'en, Witsuwit'en, Witsuwiten, Wits'uwit'en, and Wit'suwit'en)
(Babine-Witsuwitʼen or Nadotʼen-Wetʼsuwetʼen is an Athabaskan language spoken in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Its closest relative is Carrier. Because of this linguistic relationship together with political and cultural ties, Babine-Witsuwitʼen is often referred to as Northern Carrier or Western Carrier; A term used briefly in the 1990s is Bulkley Valley -- Lakes District Language, abbreviated BVLD. Ethnologue uses the bare name Babine for the language as a whole, not just for the Babine dialect; Babine--Witsuwitʼen consists of two main dialects: "Babine/Nedut'en" spoken by the Babine (Nadot'en) around Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake, and "Witsuwitʼen" spoken by the Wet'suwet'en ("People of the Wet'sinkwha / Wa Dzun Kwuh River, i.e. Bulkley River", literally: "People of the blue and green River") in the Bulkley Valley, around Broman Lake, and in the vicinity of Skins Lake)
Endangered Languages Project website, Oct. 4, 2022
(Witsuwit'en; also known as: Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en, Witsuwit'en-Babine, Witsuwit'en, Wet'suwet'en, Northern Carrier, Babine-Witsuwit'en, Babine, Babine Carrier, Bulkley Valley Language, Lakes District Language, Nedut'en (variety), Nadot'en, Nat'oot'en, Lake Babine; classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan; variants & dialects: Western (Witsuwet'en); Eastern (Babine proper / Nedut'en))