gwich'in
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ethnic group native to the northern Yukon Territory and adjacent parts of Alaska.
name
The Athabaskan language of this people.
Example Sentences
- "Climate varies from among the harshest in the Subarctic in the northern territory of the Gwich'in to more benign among the Carrier in the south."
- "It is not a Gwich'in history, nor is it a self-conscious effort to use Gwich'in structures of knowledge."
- "This history of the Gwich'in people is mostly unknown due to the lack of a written 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."
Inflected Forms
Phrases
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Frequently Paired Words
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