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Revitalization efforts
Tutchone is considered to be an endangered language, as its speaker population is shifting rapidly to English.

'''The decline of Tutchone language is associated with the deterioration of economic self-sufficiency of its people, caused by governmental interventions such as assistance and allowances that occurred mainly after 1950. These interventions compromised the Tutchone's nomadic lifestyle and economic autonomy, making them regularly exposed to the application of Euro-Canadian laws in detriment of their ancestral values and language. '''

In a 2011 census, Northern Tutchone was reported to have 210 speakers, and Southern Tutchone 140 speakers. The average age of Northern Tutchone speakers is between 30 and 40 years old.

Tutchone language classes have been taught in Yukon schools since the early 1980ʼs. Southern Tutchone language classes are included in the curriculum for students grades K-12 in schools at Kluane Lake, and three elementary schools in Whitehorse have language programs for Southern Tutchone. The St. Elias Community School in Haines Junction also offers Southern Tutchone language classes to students from K-12: one teacher handles K-4, another, grades 5-12. In 2009, kindergarten classes in Haines Junction began learning Southern Tuchone in a bi-cultural program.

'''Northern Tutchone school programs are available in Mayo, Pelly Crossing and Carmacks. '''

'''Online lessons in Northern Tutchone are available through the Yukon Native Language Centre website, and also on the village of Little Salmon, Carmacks portal. '''

'''An electronic dictionary of Northern Tutchone is available for online use or download, through the Freelang portal. The dictionary is constantly open to improvements suggested by fluent speakers who volunteer to expand its database. '''

'''Language lessons through the program "Northern Tutchone with Na-Cho Nyak Dun" are available for Android, iPhone, iPad, and other iOS devices. '''