Hulʻqʻumiʻnumʻ (Halkomelem)
[alias Halkomelem, Hul'q'umi'num', Halq'eméylem]Klassifizierung: Salishan
·stark gefährdet
Klassifizierung: Salishan
·stark gefährdet
Informationen von: “First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia” .
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http://maps.fphlcc.ca/halkomelem
(263 speakers, 992 semispeakers in British Columbia [2014].)
British Columbia, Canada
Informationen von: “North America” (1-96) . Victor Golla (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
The principal use of the language is for religious ceremonies and songs.
The language is being revived on the Musqueam Reserve through a program based at the (closely adjacent) University of British Columbia. On the Tsawwassen Reserve language courses are offered for adults through Simon Fraser University; the Katzie Reserve has a program for elementary school children; and both the Tsawwassen and Katzie Bands have summer immersion camps in language and culture for children.
literacy is restricted to language class settings.
Spoken in southwestern British Columbia in a number of small communities along the lower Fraser River and on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Informationen von: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
19,000
990
260 in Canada. 25 in United States.
Older adults.
English
Language preservation activities in all dialects.
Southwest British Columbia, in many small communities along the lower Fraser river, the east coast of Vancouver Island. In US, Washington state.
Informationen von: “ Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages” . Britt Dunlop, Suzanne Gessner, Tracey Herbert & Aliana Parker (2018) First People's Cultural Council
0.5% speakers, 4.2% semispeakers, 6.8% active language learners
Informationen von: “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
6,700
100?
6,700, of whom about 120 speak the language with some degree of fluency, and another 100 are passive speakers.
Informationen von: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
Informationen von: “Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages (Fourth Edition)” . Gessner, Suzanne, Tracey Herbertn and Aliana Parker (2022)
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