Slavey

slavey English Alternative forms en Slave Slavé Etymology From en fr Esclave, a calque of a en cr - name, as the Cree called these people (and several other traditional enemies) slaves. In English, the final e came to be pronounced as if Slave were a native name; this pronunciation was first written Slavé and later Slavey. The names of the Slave River, Lesser Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Lesser Slave Lake do not necessarily derive from the people now known as Slavey in English. Pronunciation en /ˈsleɪvi/ Noun s * A member of an Athabascan First Nations people indigenous to the region near the Great Slave Lake in western Canada en Awokanak Deh Cho Deh Gah Got'ine Usage notes Many of the Slavey people consider this term derogatory, as it originated from their enemies, and derived from en slave. There is no specific term for this grouping in Dene (Athabaskan), the individual Slavey groups each have their own terms for each group of people and their neighbours. The language is also divided into North Slavey and South Slavey and not identified as a unit in Dene. Derived terms en Great Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave River Slave River Translations member of Athabascan people French: fr Esclave Proper noun A language spoken by the Slavey peoples. en Marie-Ève Hudon Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories 2025 Library of Parliament Ottawa, Canada https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/HillStudies/PDF/2011-66-E.pdf In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho. 30 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124120430/https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/HillStudies/PDF/2011-66-E.pdf 24 January 2026 Translations language French: fr esclave Further reading scs North Slavey xsl South Slavey Anagrams en aelsvy sylvae Leyvas LaVeys Laveys Alveys Leavys Levays en Languages