An Example of the Southern Tutchone Orthography



Kwädą̄y chʼäw dän ä́dè Thekala Dagür
yū nä̀nànjè kwä̀chʼe nà. Ätlʼa Älǖr dädáta
yè tä̀nadä̀l kʼe kä̀nàzhà dän Łùʼàn Mǟn
mày tsʼä̀n n-dä̀nijäl. Älǖr kʼè kùye Łùʼàn
Mǟn kwänį. Łù Shäw Mǟn kenį kä̀nàni.

Dazhän män tląyą chʼäw äkʼǜ yè taàtlą
chʼe. Ukay shų́ ń-łätā ń-tsʼi äkʼäl kàtsʼi
kʼe táyān tsʼeshäw kwä̀łè chʼe. Män kay
łu ätlą kų̀lį chʼe thì shų̄.

Southern Tutchone is one of seven Athapaskan languages spoken in the Yukon.

This information was found at http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/ynlc/

Yukon Native Language Centre



This sample is used with the permission of the Yukon Native Language Centre.

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