Witsuwit'en
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Also Known As:
Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en, Witsuwit'en-Babine, Witsuwit'en, Wet'suwet'en, Northern Carrier, Babine-Witsuwit'en, Babine, Babine Carrier, Bulkley Valley Language, Lakes District Language, Nedut'en (variety), Nadot'en, Nat'oot'en, Lake Babine
Dialects & Varieties
  • Western ( Witsuwet’en)
  • Eastern (Babine proper / Nedut'en)
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North America

Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.

Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
<300
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 3

Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.

3
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
100+
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada;
Location Description

British Columbia. Bulkley River and in the Lake Babine area of central British Columbia, to the north and west of theCarrier dialect complex.
The western dialect (Wetsuwet’en) includes the Bulkley River communities (Hagwilget, Moricetown, Smithers, Houston, and Broman Lake) and the Nee-Tahi-Buhn and Skin Tayi bands at Burns Lake. The eastern dialect (“Babine proper”) includes the Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities as well as former residents from Lake Babine who have settled in Burns Lake.

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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
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