Also Known As:
ᑕᗸᒡ, Carrier, les Porteurs, Takulie, Takelne, Dakelhne, Central Carrier, Upper Carrier, Nagailer, Taculli
Dialects & Varieties
- A lot of variation in 12 different dialects ( First People's Cultural Council
- 2014).
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
399
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.
5
Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
4
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
2,265
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
8,956
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
A chart, with accompanying notes, comparing the Carrier Linguistic Committee writing system, the rom
Athabaskan languages have extremely complex and productive morphology based overwhelmingly on verbal
In Carrier, it is impossible for the source and goal of motion to be specified in the same clause.