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

Native Speakers Worldwide

108

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

497

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

7,895

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Nuučaan̓uɫ may be better understood as a dialect chain than a single language, speakers may consider "dialects" to be different languages.

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

185

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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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

49.2818,-126.0627

Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

3,500

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

"Includes 30 Nitinat (1991 M. Dale Kinkade). Canada Census (2001) lists 505." Data for the number of native speakers comes from W. Poser (2002). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1977).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

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Location description

Southwest British Columbia, Pacific Ocean coast of Vancouver Island.

Government support

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Other writing systems

Southwest British Columbia, Pacific Ocean coast of Vancouver Island.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

172

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

537

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

8,391

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

49.6100000, -126.5000000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50-100

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

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No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50-100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

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

~5,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

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No data

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

British Columbia Vancouver Island

Coordinates

Canada;

Location description

The west coast of Vancouver Island, from Cape Cook to Barkley Sound.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

The west coast of Vancouver Island, from Cape Cook to Barkley Sound.

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

134

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

197

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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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

Canada: British Columbia

Coordinates

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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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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

49.6666666667,-126.666666667

Location description

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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  11. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
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  17. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  19. North America
    Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
  20. World Oral Literature Project
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