Also Known As:
Shuswap, Secwepemc, Secwepemctsín, At-nah, Shooswap, səxwəxcín, Secwepemctsía
Dialects & Varieties
- Western
- Fraser River
- Chu Chua
- Deadman's Creek-Kamloops
- Canim Lake
- Pavilion-Bonaparte
- Eastern
- Kinbasket
- Shuswap Lake
Recent Resources
This is the second edition, published by Secwepemc Cultural Education Society in British Columbia.
A news story from CBC Vancouver: The Williams Lake First Nation has created Secwepemctsín flash card
Language Shuswap. shs_word-list_1980_01.html, entries: 45 - 55
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
187
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 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
Bibliography of Locations:
2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.
Bibliography of Context:
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages