ELP ID
9998
ELP Language
Gwich'in
Speaker Number
100-999
Ethnic Population
3,000: 1,100 Alaska, 1,900 Canada
Public Comment
Dialects: Western (Alaskan) and Eastern (Canadian) (called Loucheux). Gwich’in population of Alaska is about 1,100, and of that number about 300 are speakers of the language; the Canadian population is about 1,900, with perhaps as many as 500 speakers.
Source
North America
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
800
Speaker Number Range
100-999