Also Known As:
Sarcee, Sarsi, Tsutina, Tsuu T'ina
Dialects & Varieties
North America
Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
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.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
Several
Semi-speakers or rememberers
Several
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada;
Location Description
Alberta
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
No results found.
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
One fluent speaker developed an orthography.
Recent Resources
Facebook page for the Tsuut'ina Gunaha Institute.
Link to the iTunes Store page for the Tsuut'ina language learning app.
Alan Lomax Parlametrics - Two women speaking in Sarci