Beaver, known to its own speakers as Danezaa or Dunne Za, is an Athabaskan language
of Northern Canada. (Their English name is a translation of a band name, Tsatinne or Tsa-dane, which means "beavers.")
The Beaver language is spoken by about 300 people in British Columbia and Alberta.
Like most Athabaskan languages, it is a tone language with SOV word order
Beaver Vocabulary:
List of vocabulary words in the Beaver language, with comparison to words in other Athabaskan languages.
Beaver Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Beaver words.
Beaver Picture Dictionary:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Beaver language.
Beaver Body Parts:
Online and printable worksheets showing parts of the body in the Beaver language.
Beaver Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions
Dane-zaa Záágé':
Information on the Beaver language from the Virtual Museum of Canada, including videos of Dane-zaa people telling stories in their language.
Dane-zaa, the Beaver Language:
Vocabulary and soundfiles from the Doig River First Nation.
Bibliography of Materials on the Beaver Language:
Bibliography of Dunneza linguistic works.
Athapaskan Languages of Canada:
Place names in Tutchone, Slave, and Dunne-za.
Beaver Prayers:
Beaver translation of the Hail Mary prayer.
Beaver:
Demographic information about Beaver from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Dunneza:
Brief Wikipedia article on the Beaver language including a phonological inventory.
Beaver Dictionaries, Audio Tapes and Language Resources
Indian peoples
Beaver Vocabulary:
Contacts and FAQ page
