ELP ID
11162
ELP Language
Tāłtān (Tahltan)
Speaker Number
1-9
Semi Speakers
15?
Ethnic Population
100
Public Comment
Tahltan is closely related to Kaska (with which it is easily mutually intelligible) and to (nearly extinct) Tagish in the southern Yukon. It is principally the language of the remote community of Telegraph Creek, where there are five fluent speakers and perhaps 15 passive speakers out of a total population of 100. It is also spoken in the mixed Sekani-Tahltan community of Iskut, at Kinaskan Lake. No children are reported to speak or understand it.
Source
North America
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
5
Speaker Number Range
1-9