Did you know Dane-Zaa (Beaver) is severely endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		ᑕᓀ ᖚ, Beaver, Dunne-za, dʌnneza, Dane-zaa Záágéʔ
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bea
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Information from: “First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia” .

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
168
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4568
SEMI SPEAKERS
582

DATE OF INFO: 2014?

PLACES: Canada

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: British Columbia

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
600
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Kinkade (1991). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1987).

DATE OF INFO: 1991

PLACES: Canada;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, Chateh (Assumption) on Hay river, and Prophet river south of Fort Nelson.

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
160
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
15560
SEMI SPEAKERS
450
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
160 (FPCC 2014). 450 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 1,560 (FPCC 2014).

DATE OF INFO: 2014

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Canada

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: British Columbia and Alberta: Chateh (Assumption) on Hay River, and Prophet River south of Fort Nelson.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
195
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Canada

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Canada

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
159
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1328
SEMI SPEAKERS
279
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Numbers for speakers in British Columbia only.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

12% fluent speakers, 21.6% semispeakers, 16.1% active learners (in British Columbia)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
156
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
454
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Numbers for speakers in British Columbia only.

DATE OF INFO: 2014

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

10% fluent speakers, 29.1% semispeakers, 4.7% learners (in British Columbia).

PLACES: Canada

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken in northeastern B.C. and northwestern Alberta.
B.C. communities:
Blueberry River First Nation
Doig River First Nation
Halfway River First Nation
Prophet River Band
Saulteau First Nation
West Moberly First Nations

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are about 300 speakers. Although Beaver is partially intelligible to speakers of emergent languages in the Dene dialect complex, for political and geographical reasons it is not usually considered a Dene language.

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Canada

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: British Columbia, Alberta. Eastern British Columbia (in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River) and in northwestern Alberta (in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane).

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

201 fluent and 342 semi-speakers. Number for British Columbia only.
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Canada

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Eastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta. Spoken in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River in British Columbia and in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane in Alberta.

			2012	First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia							First Peoples' Cultural Council	http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/		2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.		4568	168	2014?	100-999		582			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Canada	British Columbia	57.1500000, -122.0000000
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	600	300	1991	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Kinkade (1991). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1987).				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Canada;	Northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, Chateh (Assumption) on Hay river, and Prophet river south of Fort Nelson.
			2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		15560	160	2014	100-999	160 (FPCC 2014). 450 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 1,560 (FPCC 2014).	450		English	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		14	British Columbia and Alberta: Chateh (Assumption) on Hay River, and Prophet River south of Fort Nelson.	Canada
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		195		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Canada		56.481,-121.8831
				Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS)								http://lux09.mpi.nl:8186/DOBES/	Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen	Bedrohter Sprachen, Dokumentation. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS). http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/ (October, 2011)	ll_pub		150		100-999					Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13				Canada
		3	2018	Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages					First People's Cultural Council		First Peoples' Cultural Council		Britt Dunlop, Suzanne Gessner, Tracey Herbert & Aliana Parker			1328	159		100-999	Numbers for speakers in British Columbia only.	279		English	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	12% fluent speakers, 21.6% semispeakers, 16.1% active learners (in British Columbia)	14
			2014	Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition) 2014				Website: http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC)			http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC)	First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC). 2014. Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (2nd Edition). http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageReport-141016-WEB.pdf			156	2014	100-999	Numbers for speakers in British Columbia only.	454			Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	10% fluent speakers, 29.1% semispeakers, 4.7% learners (in British Columbia).	14	Spoken in northeastern B.C. and northwestern Alberta. B.C. communities: Blueberry River First Nation Doig River First Nation Halfway River First Nation Prophet River Band Saulteau First Nation West Moberly First Nations	Canada
			2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher		Routledge	London			Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	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.			~300		100-999	There are about 300 speakers. Although Beaver is partially intelligible to speakers of emergent languages in the Dene dialect complex, for political and geographical reasons it is not usually considered a Dene language.				Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12				Canada	British Columbia, Alberta. Eastern British Columbia (in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River) and in northwestern Alberta (in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane).
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			300		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2022	Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages (Fourth Edition)								https://fpcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FPCC-LanguageReport-23.02.14-FINAL.pdf	Gessner, Suzanne, Tracey Herbertn and Aliana Parker				201 fluent and 342 semi-speakers. Number for British Columbia only.		100-999			287
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages					Routledge	Abingdon			Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub		300		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Canada	Eastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta. Spoken in the communities of Doig, Blueberry, Hudson Hope, and Prophet River in British Columbia and in the communities of Horse Lakes, Clear Hills, Boyer River, and Rock Lane in Alberta.

Dane-Zaa (Beaver)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

168

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

160

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

195

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

150

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

159

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

156

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

201 fluent and 342 semi-speakers. Number for British Columbia only.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Discussion

Dane-Zaa (Beaver)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

168

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

160

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

195

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

150

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

159

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

156

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

201 fluent and 342 semi-speakers. Number for British Columbia only.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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