Witsuwit'en
Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en; Witsuwit'en-Babine; Witsuwit'en; Wet'suwet'en; Northern Carrier; Babine-Witsuwit'en; Babine; Babine Carrier; Bulkley Valley Language; Lakes District Language; Nedut'en (variety); Nadot'en; Nat'oot'en; Lake Babine
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit; Athabaskan;
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2010
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Canada;
54.2395,-125.7621
British Columbia
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2007
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Central British Columbia. Spoken on the Bulkley River and in the Lake Babine areas.
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Central British Columbia. Spoken on the Bulkley River and in the Lake Babine areas.
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Hargus (1997). "[The] Canada Census does not separate Babine [bcr], Central Carrier [crx], and Southern Carrier L1 speakers in Canada 20,090 (1998 Statistics Canada)." Data for the ethnic population comes from SIL (1982) and S. Hargus (1997). 200 (Golla 2007). 100 fluent speakers and 100 passive speakers of Wetsuwet’en. 200 speakers of all degrees of fluency of Babine Proper (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 250. In Babine Proper (2013).
2009
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Center north, British Columbia, scatted populations; Wetsuset’en dialect: Bulkley River communities and bands at Burns Lake; Babine Proper dialect: Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities; some at Burns Lake.
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Center north, British Columbia, scatted populations; Wetsuset’en dialect: Bulkley River communities and bands at Burns Lake; Babine Proper dialect: Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities; some at Burns Lake.
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Native speakers: Witsuwit'en 271; Nedut’en (Babine) 526; Semi-speakers: Witsuwit'en 94; Nedut’en 655; ethnic population: Witsuwit'en 4,355; Nedut’en4,085
2012
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54.3400000, -126.7200000; 55.7500000, -126.9000000
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The western dialect (Wetsuwet’en) has about 100 fluent speakers, none of them children. An additional 100 or more are passive speakers, including a few children. The eastern dialect (“Babine proper”) has up to 200 speakers of all degrees of fluency out of a total population of 250. However, there are few speakers under 25, though some children have a passive knowledge none are active speakers.
2008
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British Columbia. Bulkley River and in the Lake Babine area of central British Columbia, to the north and west of theCarrier dialect complex. The western dialect (Wetsuwet’en) includes the Bulkley River communities (Hagwilget, Moricetown, Smithers, Houston, and Broman Lake) and the Nee-Tahi-Buhn and Skin Tayi bands at Burns Lake. The eastern dialect (“Babine proper”) includes the Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities as well as former residents from Lake Babine who have settled in Burns Lake.
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British Columbia. Bulkley River and in the Lake Babine area of central British Columbia, to the north and west of theCarrier dialect complex. The western dialect (Wetsuwet’en) includes the Bulkley River communities (Hagwilget, Moricetown, Smithers, Houston, and Broman Lake) and the Nee-Tahi-Buhn and Skin Tayi bands at Burns Lake. The eastern dialect (“Babine proper”) includes the Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities as well as former residents from Lake Babine who have settled in Burns Lake.
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Canada: British Columbia
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- 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 University2012. "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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- First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/
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