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Name:
Haisla
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Xiʔslak'ala; Kitamat; Haishilla
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
25 (Kinkade 1991). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
110
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
25
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
has
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Wakashan
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Wakashan; Kwakiutlan; North Wakashan; Haeltzuk (nwak)
Child Dialects:
Kitlope; Xenaksialak'ala (has-klp)
Kitamaat; Kitimat; Kitamat; Kitsmaht (has-kit)
Brief Description:
"Haisla is the northernmost Northern Wakashan language, spoken in northwestern British Columbia immediately adjacent to Coast Tsimshian. The principal Haisla community is Kitamaat, where out of a total population of 600 there are estimated to be between 50 and 150 fluent speakers, none under the age of 25." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 15
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Haisla
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