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Name:
Sechelt
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Siciatl; Seshelt; Shashishalhem; šášíšáɬəm
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
40 (1990 D. Kinkade). Ethnic population: 550 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
15
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
40
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sec
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Central Salish; Coast Salish (csal)
Brief Description:
"Sechelt is a Central Salish language spoken by members of the Sechelt Band on the north coast of the Straits of Georgia, British Columbia. Out of a total population of over 700 there are up to 45 speakers of varying degrees of fluency (only 15 fully fluent), the youngest in his 50s, with an additional 10 to 15 who can carry on limited conversations." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 22
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Sechelt
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