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Native Speakers Worldwide

89

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

89

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

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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

1871

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

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Year of info

2018

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

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Location description

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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

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

110

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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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

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

53.9745,-128.6443

Location description

No data

Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

240

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

21

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

1,680

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

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Location description

Central British Columbia coast inlet, Douglas Channel head, near Kitimat.

Government support

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Institutional support

Dictionary.

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Central British Columbia coast inlet, Douglas Channel head, near Kitimat.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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More on context

Taught in Kitamaat by University of Northern British Columbia since 1994.

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

80

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

66

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

3,158

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

53.6200000, -128.3700000

Location description

British Columbia

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

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50-150

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

600

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

All speakers are 25 years of age or older. These numbers are for Kitamaat, the largest Haisla community. There may be more people in other locations.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken in northwestern British Columbia immediately adjacent to Coast Tsimshianic.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Taught at the University of Northern British Columbia

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Spoken in northwestern British Columbia immediately adjacent to Coast Tsimshianic.

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Haisla has been taught in Kitamaat by the University of Northern British Columbia since 1994, and a small number of people have acquired second-language fluency and literacy.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50-150

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

None under the age of 25

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

The principal Haisla community is Kitamaat, where out of a total population of 600 there are estimated to be between 50 and 150 fluent speakers, none under the age of 25.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken in northwestern British Columbia immediately adjacent to Coast Tsimshianic. The principal Haisla community is Kitamaat.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken in northwestern British Columbia immediately adjacent to Coast Tsimshianic. The principal Haisla community is Kitamaat.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

242

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

21

Child speakers

No data

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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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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Standard orthography

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Other languages used

English

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

54.0,-128.75

Location description

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

25

Domains of Use

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  2. North America
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  6. North America
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  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  8. 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/.
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  9. A Note on Quantification and Blankets in Haisla
    Bach, Emmon. 1996. "A Note On Quantification and Blankets in Haisla." In Quantification in Natural Languages, edited by A. Kratzer E. bach and B. H. Partee. 13-20. Kluwer Academic Publishers.