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Name:
Shuswap
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Secwepemc; Secwepemctsín; At-nah; Shooswap; səxwəxcín; Secwepemctsía
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
500 (2002 W. Poser). 1,255 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 6,500 (1990 D. Kinkade)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
570
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
500
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
shs
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Northern; Northern Interior Salish (nsal)
Child Dialect Groups:
Western; Western Shuswap (shs-wes)
Eastern; Eastern Shuswap (shs-eas)
Brief Description:
"Shuswap (Secwepemc) is an Interior Salish language spoken in east-central British Columbia along the Fraser River and its tributaries, upstream from Lillooet and Thompson territory and adjoining Chilcotin and Carrier territory on the north. The modern Shuswaps are organised into 17 bands, with the largest settlement at Kamloops on the Thompson River. There are between 200 and 500 fluent first-language speakers, most of them over 50, in a total population of over 6,000." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 22
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Shuswap
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