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

Native Speakers Worldwide

47

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

106

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

2037

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

Countries

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

49.6795,-124.9542

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<60

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

1,500

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

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Location description

British Columbia. Spoken at the northern end of the straight of Georgia, both on the mainland and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia. Spoken at the northern end of the straight of Georgia, both on the mainland and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

There are community-based language projects on both the Homalco Reserve at Campbell River and the Sliammon Reserve at Powell River, and there is a Comox language program in the Powell River school system.

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

1500

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and coast north of Powell River.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Community-based language projects.

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and coast north of Powell River.

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

64

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

328

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

2,288

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

50.3900000, -124.6400000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<60

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

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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

most of them 55 or older

Ethnic Population

1,500

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

The last fluent speaker of Island Comox died in the mid-1990s. Although in the early 1980s Mainland Comox was reported to be spoken fluently by about one-third of the population, in 2000 it was estimated that there were 60 or fewer active first-language speakers, most of them 55 or older, in a total population of 1,500.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

No data

Location description

British Columbia. Spoken at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, both on the mainland and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

British Columbia. Spoken at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, both on the mainland and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

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

36

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

705

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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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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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Éy7á7juuthem (Comox) has been taught in the public school system since the early 1990s and it is accepted as a second language at three universities.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

50.1666666667,-125.0

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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