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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

43

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Language Information By Source

 Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

43

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

54

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

2,695

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Fluent speakers 1.6%, semi-speakers 2%, Language learners 5.8%

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

57.8451,-129.9745

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

35

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

750

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Speaker number data: (W. Poser 2002). Ethnic population: 750 (1977 SIL). 130 (2011 census) (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

Northwest British Columbia, Telegraph Creek.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Northwest British Columbia, Telegraph Creek.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Englishu

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

99

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

440

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

2,212

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

http://maps.fphlcc.ca/tahltan

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

57.8700000, -130.0400000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

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No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

15

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

British Columbia

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

15?

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

100

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Tahltan is closely related to Kaska (with which it is easily mutually intelligible) and to (nearly extinct) Tagish in the southern Yukon. It is principally the language of the remote community of Telegraph Creek, where there are five fluent speakers and perhaps 15 passive speakers out of a total population of 100. It is also spoken in the mixed Sekani-Tahltan community of Iskut, at Kinaskan Lake. No children are reported to speak or understand it.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Northwestern British Columbia. Telegraph Creek, on the upper Stikine River. It is also spoken in the mixed Sekani-Tahltan community of Iskut, at Kinaskan Lake.

Government support

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No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Northwestern British Columbia. Telegraph Creek, on the upper Stikine River. It is also spoken in the mixed Sekani-Tahltan community of Iskut, at Kinaskan Lake.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

45

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

60

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Canada: British Columbia

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Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

35

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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    http://www.oralliterature.org
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  6. North America
    Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
  7. First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia
    2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.
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