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Also Known As:
Haida, K'iis Xaat'aay, Northern, Skidegate, Masset, Northern Haida, Haida (Northern), X̱aaydaa Kil, X̱aat Kíl, X̱aadas Kíl
Dialects & Varieties
- Skidegate
- Massett
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.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50-100
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada; USA;
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language in the Community
Language and Technology
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
The alphabet of the Northern Haida Language (Xaad Kíl) is still basically that which was adopted at
"Ben Young taught students at the Sealaska Heritage Institute Family Terms and we played a game!"