Xaad Kil (Haida)
Haida; K'iis Xaat'aay; Northern; Skidegate; Masset; Northern Haida; Haida (Northern); X̱aaydaa Kil
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Haida, distinct dialects: Masset (pop. 750) and Skidegate (pop. 500). Between 50 and 100 first-language speakers, none younger than 50, are divided between the two communities; only those over 70 are active speakers. Only about 15 Alaskan Haidas, all very elderly, are active speakers of the language.
2008
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2018
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2010
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Canada;
53.2697, -131.9861; 54.0397, -132.1776
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http://maps.fphlcc.ca/xaad_kil
2012
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Canada;
53.4800000, -132.3300000
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~1,850
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2007
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Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska. Spoken in two Haida villages on the Queen Charlottes, each with a distinct dialect: Masset and Skidegate. Additional Haida people live in Alaska (representing an 18th century migration from Masset), in the villages of Hydaburg, Kasaan, and Craig on the southern half of Prince of Wales Island, as well as in the city of Ketchikan.
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Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska. Spoken in two Haida villages on the Queen Charlottes, each with a distinct dialect: Masset and Skidegate. Additional Haida people live in Alaska (representing an 18th century migration from Masset), in the villages of Hydaburg, Kasaan, and Craig on the southern half of Prince of Wales Island, as well as in the city of Ketchikan.
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The language is taught at Skidegate in a community-based immersion program, and has been offered for university credit in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia.
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2006
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Canada;
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Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
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2014
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Canada: British Columbia
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- "Northern (Massett) Haida Toponymy and Geographic Knowledge" HRELP AbstractIgnace, Marianne. 2006. ""Northern (Massett) Haida Toponymy and Geographic Knowledge" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=104.http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=104
- 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
- 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/
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