Meanings
alternative Dene Suline
- pluralsingularSynonym of Chipewyan
Jarrett Martineau, a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Dene Sųłiné producer, artist, scholar, and storyteller, is the curator-in-residence at the Chan Centre.
2022 February 17, Stuart Derdeyn, “Indigenous scholar, artist, broadcaster Jarrett Martineau is Chan Centre curator-in-residence”, in Vancouver SunSynonyms: Chipewyan
alternative Dene Suline
- Synonym of Chipewyan (an Athabaskan language)
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.
2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30Synonyms: Chipewyan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Chipewyan
proper nounSynonym of Chipewyan (an Athabaskan language)
Origin
- ChipewyanDene Sųłiné
- EnglishDëne Sųłıné
Unadapted borrowing from Chipewyan Dene Sųłiné.
More words from Chipewyan
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Dëne Sųłıné. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%ABne%20S%C5%B3%C5%82%C4%B1n%C3%A9
“Dëne Sųłıné.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%ABne%20S%C5%B3%C5%82%C4%B1n%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dëne Sųłıné,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/D%C3%ABne%20S%C5%B3%C5%82%C4%B1n%C3%A9.
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