Northern Tutchone is an Athabaskan language of southern Yukon in Canada. About a little part of the Northern Tutchone people speak the language. Although they are sometimes considered separate languages, Northern and Southern Tutchone speakers are generally able to understand each other in conversation, albeit with moderate difficulty.
Northern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Mayo, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, Carmacks, and Beaver Creek.
The Northern Tutchone language is threatened. In the 2011 census, Northern Tutchone was reported to have 210 speakers.
The consonants and vowels of Northern Tutchone and their orthography are as follows:
Vowels are differentiated for nasalization and high, mid, and low tone.
Jerry Alfred's "" (Grandfather song), sung in Northern Tuchone, won a Juno Award in the Best Aboriginal Album category in 1996.