Klallam
Clallam; S'klallam; Na'klallam; Nəxʷsƛ'áy'əmucən; Klellam; nəxʷsƛʼáyʼəmʼucən;
Salishan; Central Salish
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"There are currently some 3,000 Klallam members in the United States, split into three western-Washington tribes. The vast majority do not speak the Klallam language, although it is being taught as a second language at a handful of schools on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, including at Port Angeles High School, [chairman of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Ron] Allen said."
2014
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2010
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47.8475,-122.585
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2010
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"Last speaker died in 2014. Ethnic population: 3,000 (2014 R. Allen). L2 users: 6. L2 speakers have varying fluency, number is growing."
2015
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"Washington, northeast Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles."
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Nearly the entire community is fluent in English
In 2012 there were only two elders - aged 93 and 101 - who grew up speaking Klallam. Thanks to the efforts of the Klallam Language Program (KLP) there are a growing number of younger people leaning Klallam as their second language; some of them have achieved a high level of fluency.
2012
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2007
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a few, 2 at Becher Bay
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No fully fluent speakers remaining. There are very few first-language speakers remaining (two of them at Becher Bay), none fully fluent. The language is used in ceremonies and for tribal identity and there is considerable interest in revival.
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2005
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- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- 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
- Last native speaker of Klallam language dies in Washington stateKaminsky, Jonathan. 2014. Last native speaker of Klallam language dies in Washington state. Reuters, Feb 6, 2014.http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-klallam-death-idUSBREA1605W20140207
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th EditionLewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.http://www.ethnologue.com
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