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

Native Speakers Worldwide

399

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Semi-speakers

2,265

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Ethnic Population

8,956

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Of the ethnic population, 4.5% are fluent and 4.4% are semi-speakers. A further 20.6% of the population are active language learners, adding the semi-speaker and active learner portion of the population gets us the total amount of semi speakers: 2,265

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2018

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000

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Ethnic Population

4,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Canada

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Location description

Central British Columbia

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Central British Columbia

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

731

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Semi-speakers

1,484

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Ethnic Population

11,807

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Canada

Coordinates

53.5600000, -122.8900000

Location description

British Columbia

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British Columbia

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Carrier is the general term for a complex of Athabaskan dialects in central British Columbia, adjoining (but clearly distinct from) Babine on the northwest and Chilcotin on the south.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

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Canada

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British Columbia, Alberta. Carrier (locally called Dakelh) is spoken in a number of local varieties, traditionally divided into “Upper Carrier” (the communities to the north of Fort St. James, around Stuart and Trembleur Lakes) and “Lower Carrier” in communities to the south. More recent research indicates that Lower Carrier should be split into a Fraser/Nechako dialect group (Prince George, Cheslatta, Stoney Creek, Nautley, and Stellakoh) and a Blackwater dialect group (Ulkatcho, Kluskus, Nazko, Red Bluff, and Anahim Lake).

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British Columbia, Alberta. Carrier (locally called Dakelh) is spoken in a number of local varieties, traditionally divided into “Upper Carrier” (the communities to the north of Fort St. James, around Stuart and Trembleur Lakes) and “Lower Carrier” in communities to the south. More recent research indicates that Lower Carrier should be split into a Fraser/Nechako dialect group (Prince George, Cheslatta, Stoney Creek, Nautley, and Stellakoh) and a Blackwater dialect group (Ulkatcho, Kluskus, Nazko, Red Bluff, and Anahim Lake).

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

680

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Semi-speakers

1380

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Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Canada: British Columbia

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Year of info

2005

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53.75,-123.5

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,500

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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. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  4. 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.
  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. 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/
  8. The Carrier Language: Vol I
    Morice, A. G. 1932. "The Carrier Language: Vol I." Österreich: Anthropos, Mödling bei Wien.
  9. The Carrier Language
    Morice, A. G. 1932. "The Carrier Language." Anthropos.
  10. Central Carrier Bilingual Dictionary
    Antoine, Francesca, Catherine Bird, Agnes Isaac, Nellie Prince, Sally Sam, Richard Walker and David B. Wilkinson. 1974. "Central Carrier Bilingual Dictionary." Carrier Linguistic Committee.