Nsyilxcən
Nsilxcín; Nsyilxcen, Nsyilxcn, Nsəlxcin; Okanagan-Colville; Okanagan; Colville-Okanagan; Okanagon; Okanogan; Nsilxcín; Okanagon Cluster; Okinagan;
Salishan; Interior Salish
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2018
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2010
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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.
2016
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Canada: South central British Columbia, east of Fraser Valley and west of Kootenai. USA:Colville Reservation, Washington.
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Canada: South central British Columbia, east of Fraser Valley and west of Kootenai. USA:Colville Reservation, Washington.
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http://maps.fphlcc.ca/nsyilxcen Number of speakers for British Columbia only.
2012
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49.2900000, -118.9800000
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High Okanagan literacy among speakers.
2007
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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.
2008
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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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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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9,358 in Washington (Colville Confederated Tribes)
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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)
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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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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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- 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/
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, 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
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/
- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation2013. "The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation." Online: http://www.colvilletribes.com/demographics.php.http://www.colvilletribes.com/demographics.php
- (V)C2 Reduplication in Colville-Okanagan, with Historical NotesMattina, 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.
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