About this site

This is a reference and research tool for Dene speakers and Dene scholars interested in the Dene Language Family.

The source code for this webapp is freely available here.

Contributors

:
  • Sally Rice
  • Conor Snoek
  • Michaela Stang
  • Nathan Taylor

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