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).
Recent Resources
In most dialects of Carrier the subject marker /id/ (Stuart/Trembleur Lake dialect) or /idud/ (South
Research on Carrier, a dialectally diverse Athabaskan language of the central interior of British Co
A discussion of the variety of the multiple, non-homomorphic systems of noun classification in Carri
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
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