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

Native Speakers Worldwide

11

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

17

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

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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)

No data

Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

52.3823,-126.7255

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

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

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

20

Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

North-central coast of British Columbia

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

North-central coast of British Columbia

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

Nuxalk College offers occasional language classes and the community has sponsored immersion camps and other revitalization programs.

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

17

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

510

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

1,660

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Inlet on central British Columbia coast, head of Burke channel, North Bentinck arm, mouth of the Bella Coola River.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Dictionary. Grammar.

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Inlet on central British Columbia coast, head of Burke channel, North Bentinck arm, mouth of the Bella Coola River.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Nuxalk College has occasional language classes. There are immersion camps and other revitalization programs.

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

220

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

1,479

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

52.4900000, -126.4700000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

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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Domains of other languages

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~20

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

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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

the youngest in their sixties

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

North-central coast of 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

North-central coast of 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

17

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

505

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

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Canada: British Columbia

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

No data

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

52.5,-126.666666667

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Standard orthography

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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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More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Location and Context

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Location description

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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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
    2012. "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."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
    Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
  6. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  7. 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.
  8. 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/.
    http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/
  9. A Grammar of Bella Coola
    Davis, P. W. and R. Saunders. 1997. "A Grammar of Bella Coola." 13: University of Montana.
  10. The Bella Coola Language
    Nater, H. F. 1984. "The Bella Coola Language." 92: National Museums of Canada.
  11. Bella Coola I: Phonology
    Newman, S. 1947. "Bella Coola I: Phonology." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 13 , no. 3: 129-134.
  12. Bella Coola Syntax
    Davis, Philip W. and Ross Saunders. 1978. "Bella Coola Syntax." In Linguistic Studies of Native Canada, edited by E. Cook and J. Kaye. 37-65. University of British Colombia Press.
  13. Bella Coola Texts
    Davis, Philip W. and Ross Saunders. 1980. "Bella Coola Texts." British Columbia Provincial Museum.
  14. A Grammar of Bella Coola
    Davis, Philip W. and Ross Saunders. 1997. "A Grammar of Bella Coola." 13: University of Montana.
  15. Bella Coola Reduplication
    Newman, Stanley. 1933. "Bella Coola Reduplication." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 37: 34-38.
  16. Bella Coola grammatical processes and form classes
    Newman, Stanley. 1969. "Bella Coola Grammatical Processes and Form Classes." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 35: 175-179.