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Classification: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
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Chilcotin, Tinneh, Tsilhqot'in, Tzilkotin, |
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Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Dene (Athabaskan) |
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
2,500
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census. There are 100 monolinguals.
930 (2011 census). 100 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 2,500 (2013).
Preferred by adults. Adolescents to elderly. Most children prefer English [eng]. Grandparents pass the language to some children.
South central British Columbia, west of Williams Lake. 7 reserve communities: Alexandria, Toosey, Anahim, Stone, Nemiah, Redstone, Ulkatcho.
Information from: “ Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages” . Britt Dunlop, Suzanne Gessner, Tracey Herbert & Aliana Parker (2018) First People's Cultural Council
Tsilhqot'in has the largest number of speakers for languages contained in B.C.
16% are fluent speakers, 8.2% semispeakers, 16% learners
Information from: “Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition) 2014 ” . First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) (2014) First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC)
Compared to many other B.C. languages, Tsilhqot’in has a larger number of younger people fluent in the language. Of languages that are contained within B.C. (without speakers in other provinces or states), Tsilhqot’in has the largest number of speakers.
19.9% are fluent speakers, 18.5% semispeakers, 13.2% learners.
English
In central interior B.C., in 7 communities:
ʔEsdilagh First Nation
Tl'esqox Indian Band
Tl'etinqox-T'in Government
Tsi Del Del First Nation
Ulkatchot'en Firs tNation
Xeni Gwet'in First Nations Government
Yunesit' in Government
Urban areas, especially Williams Lake
Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge
Until the 1980s Chilcotin had been considered to be in a relatively healthy state, with many children acquiring it as their first language; in 1979 the language was estimated to have 1,725 speakers, a high percentage of the population. A survey conducted in 1988, however, showed that while a sizable proportion of Chilcotin children over 10 were speakers of the language, younger children spoke only English. Current estimates of the number of speakers range between 400 and 1,200, with the youngest in their mid-teens.
English
South-central British Columbia, spoken in several communities along the Chilco and Chilcotin Rivers in the vicinity of Williams Lake, including Alexis Creek, Anaham, Nemaiah Valley, Stone, and Toosey, as well as at Alexandria on the Fraser River.
Information from: “Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages (Fourth Edition)” . Gessner, Suzanne, Tracey Herbertn and Aliana Parker (2022)
3,564
384
Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge
English
South-central British Comlumbia. Spoken in several communities along the Chilco and Chilcotin Rivers in the vicinity of Williams Lake.
