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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

523

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Transmission

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Language Information By Source

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

523

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

640

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

9849

Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

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Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

710

Domains of Use

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More about speakers

This number reflects speakers of Gitksan [git] and Nass combined.

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

55.355,-127.6828

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1330

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Canada;

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Location description

West central British Columbia, Gitxsan, middle Skeena River.

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West central British Columbia, Gitxsan, middle Skeena River.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

444

Domains of Use

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Semi-speakers

2,901

Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

14,813

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

Coordinates

55.5300000, -128.0100000

Location description

British Columbia

Government support

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British Columbia

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

800-1,000

Domains of Use

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Nass-Gitksan, consists of two emergent languages. (1) Nisga’a (Nisgha) has between 400 and 500 speakers, with no first-language speakers under 30. (2) Gitksan has about the same number of speakers as Nisga’a (400 to 500), but there is a small number of families in which children and young people are fluent speakers.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

Canada

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

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

486

Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Canada: British Columbia

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

55.3333333333,-127.75

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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