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Name:
Thompson
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ntlakapmuk; Nklapmx; Thompson River Salish; Nlaka'pamux; Nłeʔkepmxcin; Ntlakyapamuk; At-nah; nɬeʔkepmxcín
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
720 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,000 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
335
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
595
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
thp
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Northern; Northern Interior Salish (nsal)
Child Dialects:
Thompson Canyon (thp-tho)
Spuzzum-Boston Bar (thp-spu)
Nicola Valley (thp-nic)
Lytton (thp-lyt)
Brief Description:
"Thompson is an Interior Salish language spoken along the Fraser River Canyon in southwest British Columbia and along the adjacent Thompson and Nicola Rivers. A shallow dialect distinction exists between Upper Thompson varieties in the northern part of Thompson territory and Lower Thompson varieties in the south. The principal modern settlements are at Lytton on the Fraser River and at Lower Nicola and Merritt in Nicola Valley. There are about 150 first-language speakers in a total population of over 5,000." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 23
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Thompson
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