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Chinuk Wawa
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"One native speaker of Grand Ronde variety (2009); maybe 1,000 people with L2 knowledge (via oral or written means)"

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2013

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USA, Canada

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Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia

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"... Chinuk Wawa has for some time been one of the markers of a specifically Pacific Northwest ethos and a sense of a regional 'cool' (and not only among people of Native American heritage); names taken from Chinuk Wawa ... are used to name stores and other businesses, for example."

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Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia

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Chinuk Wawa is spoken and taught by a few members of the the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon USA. Classes are offered in Chinuk Wawa at Lane Community College in Eugene and Portland Community College.

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Year of info

2012

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USA, Oregon

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Chinuk Wawa originated on the lower Columbia River, where it once was the predominant medium of intertribal and interethnic communication.

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Chinuk Wawa originated on the lower Columbia River, where it once was the predominant medium of intertribal and interethnic communication.

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Chinuk Wawa is a hybrid lingua franca consisting of simplified Chinookan, combined with contributions from Nuuchahnulth (Nootkan), Canadian French, English, and other languages.

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USA, Oregon

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The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Language Program offers: preschool immersion classes, partial immersion opportunities for kindergarten students, an after-school bilingual language program (K-5), and adult language classes offered for university credit. 1st and 2nd grade curricula for blended immersion classroom settings are also under development.

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Year of info

2010

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USA; Canada;

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45.0591,-123.6091

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Endangered

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100

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There were 83 speakers in Canada in 1962.

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2009

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USA; Canada;

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British Columbia

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British Columbia

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Critically Endangered

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1 (Grant 2013).

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2016

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USA: Oregon

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Critically Endangered

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a few

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Still occasionally used by a few.

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2008

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USA, Oregon

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Oregon, Pacific Northwest

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