Dane-Zaa (Beaver)
ᑕᓀ ᖚ; Beaver; Dunne-za; dʌnneza; Dane-zaa Záágéʔ
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit; Athabaskan;
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2018
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2010
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Eastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta. Spoken in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River in British Columbia and in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane in Alberta.
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Eastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta. Spoken in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River in British Columbia and in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane in Alberta.
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2009
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Northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, Chateh (Assumption) on Hay river, and Prophet river south of Fort Nelson.
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Northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, Chateh (Assumption) on Hay river, and Prophet river south of Fort Nelson.
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160 (FPCC 2014). 450 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 1,560 (FPCC 2014).
2016
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There are about 300 speakers. Although Beaver is partially intelligible to speakers of emergent languages in the Dene dialect complex, for political and geographical reasons it is not usually considered a Dene language.
2008
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