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

Native Speakers Worldwide

132

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

60

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Ethnic Population

5,717

Non-monolingual speakers

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For speakers in British Columbia only

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

130

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

50.3059,-119.3228

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

50.3059,-119.3228

Location description

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

590

Domains of Use

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Semi-speakers

170

Child speakers

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400 in United States (Golla 2007). 400 on Colville Reservation, plus a few dozen elsewhere. 190 in Canada, increasing. Except for 12 fluent speakers on Westbank Reserve, the other reserves each have at least 50 speakers of varying fluency, Vernon Reserve perhaps 100.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

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Location description

Canada: South central British Columbia, east of Fraser Valley and west of Kootenai. USA:Colville Reservation, Washington.

Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Script (Writing system)

Latin

Other writing systems

Canada: South central British Columbia, east of Fraser Valley and west of Kootenai. USA:Colville Reservation, Washington.

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

149

Domains of Use

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Semi-speakers

797

Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

4,500 in British Colombia

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

http://maps.fphlcc.ca/nsyilxcen Number of speakers for British Columbia only.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

49.2900000, -118.9800000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

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British Columbia

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~800

Domains of Use

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

about 2,000

Semi-speakers

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High Okanagan literacy among speakers.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~350-400

Domains of Use

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Except for the Westbank Reserve, which may have as few as a dozen fluent speakers, all of the Okanagan Reserves have at least 50 speakers of varying degrees of fluency, the Vernon Reserve perhaps over 100.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

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Location description

British Columbia, Washington: Spoken in a number of communities in southern interior British Columbia and northeastern Washington. There are seven Okanagan Reserves in British Columbia: Vernon, Douglas Lake, Westbank, Penticton, Keremeos (Lower Similkameen), Hedley (Upper Similkameen), and Oliver (Osoyoos).

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British Columbia, Washington: Spoken in a number of communities in southern interior British Columbia and northeastern Washington. There are seven Okanagan Reserves in British Columbia: Vernon, Douglas Lake, Westbank, Penticton, Keremeos (Lower Similkameen), Hedley (Upper Similkameen), and Oliver (Osoyoos).

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Ethnic Population

9,358 in Washington (Colville Confederated Tribes)

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

The Colville Confederated Tribes is composed of the following twelve bands: Wenatchee (Wenatchi) Nespelem Moses-Columbia Methow Colville Okanogan Palus San Poil Eniat Chelan Nez Perce Lake (Arrow Lakes)

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Canada; USA

Coordinates

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Location description

The Reservation, located in north central Washington, lies in a physiographic province called the Okanogan Highlands. The reservation is located in the southeastern section of Okanogan County and the southern half of Ferry County, but there are pieces of trust land located in Chelan County.

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The Reservation, located in north central Washington, lies in a physiographic province called the Okanogan Highlands. The reservation is located in the southeastern section of Okanogan County and the southern half of Ferry County, but there are pieces of trust land located in Chelan County.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

49.5,-118.5

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

512

Domains of Use

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  1. 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.
  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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  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. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
    2013. "The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation." Online: http://www.colvilletribes.com/demographics.php.
    http://www.colvilletribes.com/demographics.php
  10. (V)C2 Reduplication in Colville-Okanagan, with Historical Notes
    Mattina, Anthony. 1993. "(V)C2 Reduplication in Colville-Okanagan, with Historical Notes." In American Indian Linguistics and Ethnography in Honor of Laurence C. Thompson, edited by Anthony Mattina and Timothy Montler. 10: 215-233. University Press.
  11. Imperative formation in Colville-Okanagan and in the other Interior Salishan languages
    Mattina, Anthony. 1980. "Imperative Formation in Colville-Okanagan and in the Other Interior Salishan Languages." In Glossa, 14: 212-232.
  12. Colville-Okanagan Dictionary
    Mattina, Anthony. 1987. "Colville-Okanagan Dictionary." University of Montana.