Talk:Dogrib language

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Genetic classification
Hi Ish, could you explain the change to the 'Genetic classification', copied from the previous verson and checked against the Ethnologue 2005 article? IceKarma 09:34, 2005 Apr 24 (UTC)


 * Hi.


 * Sure. Ethnologue's classification is a bit controversial. So, I replaced it with something a little less provocative.


 * Why?


 * Firstly, Ethnologue is considering Haida to be a part of Na-Dene. This is generally thought to be undemonstrated and is not supported by most specialists. The fact that Ethnologue does this and also has other undemonstrated genetic groupings of N. Amer. langs, e.g. the "Gulf" family (of Mary Haas), the Coahuiltecan family, the Hokan family, etc., makes me suspicious of Ethnologue in general. (I also note that in Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) subfamily Ethnologue groups Chiricahua-Mescalero with Lipan & Jicarilla: this is erroneous).


 * Secondly, the situation of the Northern Athabaskan languages is rather complicated. The most recent work always states that classification is tentative. There is much borrowing and shared features, so the usual criteria of systematic phonetic correspondences and shared innovation does not give us very good subclassifications. There is here, the common issue of whether a tree diagram can represent language relationships. Some have called the Northern languages a "cohesive language complex".


 * I think that a less controversial grouping is the one given in Mithun's (1999) survey, i.e. 3 Athabaskan subgroups: Northern, Pacific Coast, Southern. (but, some take issue of whether the Pacific Coast langs should be grouped together.) You can see what is mostly Mithun's outline in the Athabaskan article. (the various subgroupings there are still tentative and may be mostly areal, not genetic. I should probably add a note to that effect.)


 * Anyway, this is why I find Ethnologue a less desirable classfication. peace &mdash; ishwar  (S PEAK )  22:38, 2005 Apr 24 (UTC)

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Name
Suggest that we move this page towards a "Tlicho language" dominant version, keeping "Dogrib" of course, but "Tlicho" has become the primary English term. Danachos (talk) 14:14, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If you are going tp propose a formal move then I would agree as it was at Tłı̨chǫ language for a while and Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì would work as well. Supporting it is this and this. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Great Slave, Great Bear & Mackenzie River
Names should be the common names that are in reliable sources. While some people do want to drop the Great Slave name there is not yet a major push to change it. In fact the Tłı̨chǫ people still use those names as shown at Behchokǫ̀ and Gamètì. Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River have more than one original name. The common names with the original names in brackets should be used. If the names are officially changed then we should as well. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)