Did you know Tse'khene (Sekani) is critically endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tsek'ene, Sekani, Tsek'ehne, Tsek'hene, Tθek'ehne
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sek
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Information from: “First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia” .

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,307
SEMI SPEAKERS
100

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: British Columbia

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
600
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Hargus (1997). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1982) and S. Hargus (1997).

DATE OF INFO: 1997

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North central British Columbia, Ware and Fort McLeod, some residents of the Beaver community of Prophet River and the Tahltan community of Iskut.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: British Columbia

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
59
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1503
SEMI SPEAKERS
234

DATE OF INFO: 2018

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

3.9% fluent speakers, 15.6% semispeakers, 17.4% active learners

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
243

DATE OF INFO: 2014

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

2.1% fluent speakers, 17.2% semispeakers, 11.6% learners.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

PLACES: Canada: British Columbia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken in northeastern B.C., in 3 communities:
Kwadacha Band
McLeod Lake Indian Band
Tsay Keh Dene Band

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~50
Native speakers worldwide
YOUNG ADULTS
few if any under 35
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are about 50 speakers. It is not spoken by children as a first language. There are few if any first-language speakers under 35.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: British Columbia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken in two remote communities in north-central British Columbia, Ware and Fort McLeod, as well as by some residents of the Beaver community of Prophet River and the Tahltan community of Iskut. A fair degree of mutual intelligibility exits between Sekani and Beaver, Kaska, and Tahltan.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

66 fluent and 87 semi-speakers. 138 language learners.
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,505
SEMI SPEAKERS
87

	2012	First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia							First Peoples' Cultural Council	http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/		2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.		1,307		25		10-99		100		English	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Canada;	British Columbia	56.6100000, -125.2800000
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	600		35	1997	10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Hargus (1997). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1982) and S. Hargus (1997).				Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				Canada;	North central British Columbia, Ware and Fort McLeod, some residents of the Beaver community of Prophet River and the Tahltan community of Iskut.
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub			75		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Canada;	British Columbia	58.0952,-122.7067
3	2018	Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages					First People's Cultural Council		First Peoples' Cultural Council		Britt Dunlop, Suzanne Gessner, Tracey Herbert & Aliana Parker			1503		59	2018	10-99		234			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	3.9% fluent speakers, 15.6% semispeakers, 17.4% active learners	15
	2014	Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition) 2014				Website: http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC)			http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC)	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC). 2014. Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition). http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf				30	2014	10-99		243		English	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	2.1% fluent speakers, 17.2% semispeakers, 11.6% learners.	15	Spoken in northeastern B.C., in 3 communities: Kwadacha Band McLeod Lake Indian Band Tsay Keh Dene Band	Canada: British Columbia
	2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher		Routledge	London			Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	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.			few if any under 35	~50		10-99	There are about 50 speakers. It is not spoken by children as a first language. There are few if any first-language speakers under 35.			English	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	Spoken in two remote communities in north-central British Columbia, Ware and Fort McLeod, as well as by some residents of the Beaver community of Prophet River and the Tahltan community of Iskut. A fair degree of mutual intelligibility exits between Sekani and Beaver, Kaska, and Tahltan.	Canada;	British Columbia
		World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				35		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2022	Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages (Fourth Edition)								https://fpcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FPCC-LanguageReport-23.02.14-FINAL.pdf	Gessner, Suzanne, Tracey Herbertn and Aliana Parker			2,505		66 fluent and 87 semi-speakers. 138 language learners.		10-99		87	138

Tse'khene (Sekani)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

66 fluent and 87 semi-speakers. 138 language learners.

Discussion

Tse'khene (Sekani)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

59

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

66 fluent and 87 semi-speakers. 138 language learners.

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