What is the status of BC First nations languages? - First Peoples
What is the status of BC First nations languages? - First Peoples
What is the status of BC First nations languages? - First Peoples
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Table 12 : Communities and Populations <strong>of</strong> Wakashan LanguagesLanguage Total # <strong>of</strong> B.C. communities # <strong>of</strong> communities reported to us Population reported to usKwak̓wala 15 8 4,616enaksialak̓ala /2 2 3,086a’’<strong>is</strong>lak̓alaHailhzaqvla 1 1 2,195OowekyalaNo dataNuučaan̓uɫ 13 10 6,401Diitiidʔaatx̣ 2 2 943Table 13 : Language Education for Wakashan LanguagesLanguage<strong>First</strong> NationsoperatedschoolsHead StartprogramsHrs/wk spent on<strong>languages</strong> in schoolsand Head StartsKwak̓wala 4 2 1.5 1enaksialak̓ala /2 1 6 0a’’<strong>is</strong>lak̓alaHailhzaqvla 1 1 2.5 1OowekyalaNo dataNuučaan̓uɫ 4 4 4 0Diitiidʔaatx̣ 1 0 1 0Language Nests(<strong>First</strong> <strong>Peoples</strong>’ Councilfunded)Table 14 : Language Resources for Wakashan LanguagesLanguageCommunities withrecordings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> languageCommunities with curriculum forteaching <strong>the</strong> languageKwak̓wala 4 7 4enaksialak̓ala / a’’<strong>is</strong>lak̓ala 0 2 0Hailhzaqvla 0 1 0OowekyalaNo dataNuučaan̓uɫ 2 6 7Diitiidʔaatx̣ 1 0 1Communities with accessto <strong>First</strong>Voices archiveAppendix a<strong>First</strong> <strong>Peoples</strong>’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council45