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

Native Speakers Worldwide

93

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

766

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

18,235

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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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

375

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

USA; Canada

Coordinates

48.7715,-123.6678

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

Coordinates

48.7715,-123.6678

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

285

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

990

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

19,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

260 in Canada. 25 in United States.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

Southwest British Columbia, in many small communities along the lower Fraser river, the east coast of Vancouver Island. In US, Washington state.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Dictionary. Grammar. Language courses.

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Southwest British Columbia, in many small communities along the lower Fraser river, the east coast of Vancouver Island. In US, Washington state.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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More on context

Language preservation activities in all dialects.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

265

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

3051

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

19,686

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

http://maps.fphlcc.ca/halkomelem (263 speakers, 992 semispeakers in British Columbia [2014].)

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada;

Coordinates

49.1900000, -123.0000000

Location description

British Columbia, Canada

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

British Columbia, Canada

More on writing systems

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~120

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

10-20

Semi-speakers

~100

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

6700

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken in southwestern British Columbia in a number of small communities along the lower Fraser River and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Spoken in southwestern British Columbia in a number of small communities along the lower Fraser River 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

The language is being revived on the Musqueam Reserve through a program based at the (closely adjacent) University of British Columbia. On the Tsawwassen Reserve language courses are offered for adults through Simon Fraser University; the Katzie Reserve has a program for elementary school children; and both the Tsawwassen and Katzie Bands have summer immersion camps in language and culture for children.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

120

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

100?

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

6,700

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

6,700, of whom about 120 speak the language with some degree of fluency, and another 100 are passive speakers.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Canada

Coordinates

49.1666666667,-123.0

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

225

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  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.)
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  3. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
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  4. 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.
  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. 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
  7. 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.
  8. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  9. 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/
  10. A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem
    Galloway, Brent D. 1993. "A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem." 96: Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
  11. Musqueam Reference Grammar
    Suttles, Wayne. 2004. "Musqueam Reference Grammar." Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
  12. A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem
    Galloway, Brent D. 1993. "A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem." 96: University of California Press.
  13. A Nominal Hierarchy in Halkomelem Clausal Organization
    Gerdts, Donna B. 1988. "A Nominal Hierarchy in Halkomelem Clausal Organization." In Anthropological Linguistics, 30: 120-136.
  14. Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish
    Gerdts, Donna. 1988. "Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish." Garland.
  15. Multiple Antipassives in Halkomelem Salish
    Gerdts, Donna B. and Thomas Hukari. 2005. "Multiple Antipassives in Halkomelem Salish." In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 26: 51-62.
  16. Musqueam reference grammar
    Suttles, Wayne. 2004. "Musqueam Reference Grammar." University of British Columbia Press.