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

Native Speakers Worldwide

187

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

691

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

8968

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

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’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

570

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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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

No data

More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

51.7886,-122.2286

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s 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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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

1,190

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

9,860

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Increasing.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

British Columbia, Washington: east central British Columbia.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

New media. Dictionary. Grammar.

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Standard orthography

Other writing systems

British Columbia, Washington: east central British Columbia.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Secwepemc Cultural Education Society has made efforts to revitalize the language through classes at all levels, including an immersion program

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

210

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

1,461

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

9,230

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

51.7600000, -119.9600000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

British Columbia

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200-500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

No data

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200-500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

Most over 50.

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

6,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

There are between 200 and 500 fluent first-language speakers, most of them over 50, in a total population of over 6,000.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s 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

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

197

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

1187

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2014

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’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

No data

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

The first language nest (preschool immersion program) and immersion school (T'selcéwtqen Clleqmél'ten, otherwise known as Chief Atahm School) to operate in B.C.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Child 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

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

52.0,-120.0

Location description

No data

Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Child 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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  5. North America
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  8. Shuswap Grammatical Structure
    Gibson, J. A. 1973. "Shuswap Grammatical Structure." 5:
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  10. The Shuswap Language
    Kuipers, Aert H. 1974. "The Shuswap Language." 225: Mouton de Gruyter.
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  12. Internal Reduplication in Shuswap
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