Sekani language

Sekani
Tse'khene
Native toCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
Ethnicity1,410 Sekani people (2014, FPCC)
Native speakers
35 (2021 census)
135 with knowledge (2021)
Latin script
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Language codes
ISO 639-3sek
Glottologseka1250
ELPTse'khene (Sekani)
Sekani is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by 135 of the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada. Most of them are only semispeakers, and it is considered critically endangered.