Also Known As:
Shuswap, Secwepemc, Secwepemctsín, At-nah, Shooswap, səxwəxcín, Secwepemctsía
Dialects & Varieties
- Western
- Fraser River
- Chu Chua
- Deadman's Creek-Kamloops
- Canim Lake
- Pavilion-Bonaparte
- Eastern
- Kinbasket
- Shuswap Lake
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition) 2014
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
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
197
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
1187
Children:
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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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Comments on speakers
The first language nest (preschool immersion program) and immersion school (T'selcéwtqen Clleqmél'ten, otherwise known as Chief Atahm School) to operate in B.C.
Location and Context
Countries
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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:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Recent Resources
This is the second edition, published by Secwepemc Cultural Education Society in British Columbia.
A news story from CBC Vancouver: The Williams Lake First Nation has created Secwepemctsín flash card
Language Shuswap. shs_word-list_1980_01.html, entries: 45 - 55