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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

7

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

7

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

50

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Data for speakers in British Columbia

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

180

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

48.4457,-123.4205

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

48.488,-122.6363; 48.4457,-123.4205

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

12

Domains of Use

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

100

Semi-speakers

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Ethnic Population

3,020

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

7 speakers in Canada. 5 speakers in the US.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; US

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Location description

British Columbia, Southeast tip of Vancouver Island (Saanich dialect). Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), mainland south of San Juan Islands (Lummi dialect).

Government support

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Institutional support

Dictionary. Grammar.

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British Columbia, Southeast tip of Vancouver Island (Saanich dialect). Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), mainland south of San Juan Islands (Lummi dialect).

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Other languages used

English

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

8

Domains of Use

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

305

Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

4,294

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

This data is for speakers in British Columbia.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

48.4500000, -123.0000000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

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British Columbia

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~20

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Second-language speakers

hundreds

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

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English

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<20

Domains of Use

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Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

~105

Child speakers

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Saanich: fewer than 20 first-language speakers, the youngest nearly 60 years old. However, there are up to 100 second-language speakers of varying degrees of fluency, and Saanich is frequently used in ceremonies and for tribal identity. Samish: about 5 speakers, but their speech is mixed with other dialects or with Halkomelem and they do not form a distinct speech community. Lummi: no active first-language speakers.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

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Location description

Southern tip of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, and the mainland immediately to the south of the US-Canadian border.

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Southern tip of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, and the mainland immediately to the south of the US-Canadian border.

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Other languages used

English

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

7

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

103

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Numbers only for speakers in British Columbia.

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Canada: British Columbia

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English

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10

Domains of Use

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More about speakers

This data is for the Samish variety. There are fewer than ten fluent speakers, and about 15 others who are working on further documentation and revival efforts (Eastwood 2012).

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA;

Coordinates

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Location description

Washington, British Columbia. The Samish variety is currently geographically located in Anacortes, WA, USA, with historic ties to the San Juan islands.

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Washington, British Columbia. The Samish variety is currently geographically located in Anacortes, WA, USA, with historic ties to the San Juan islands.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

48.75,-123.25

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

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    www.samishtribe.nsn.us/language/
  2. The Jargon English of Torres Straits
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  11. First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia
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    http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/
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  14. Endangered Languages of the United States
    Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
  15. 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.
  16. World Oral Literature Project
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