Language Needs Assessment: Tseshaht


Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2009/2010
Language: Nuučaan̓uɫ
Dialect: Barkley


Organization

Tseshaht
Darrell Ross, Research and Planning Associate

This project will serve the following communities:



Tseshaht First Nation



Community Population

Date of community's recent population poll: 2009, January
Population on reserve: 585
Population off reserve: 400
Total Population: 985
Information Source: Band Office

Community Language Fluency

Number that speak and understand language fluently 10
Age groups that speak the language fluently 65-74 (7), 75-84 (3)

Number that understand and/or speak somewhat 215
Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat 0-4 (20), 5-14 (40), 15-19 (40), 20-24 (40), 25-44 (30), 45-54 (20), 55-64 (15), 65-74 (10)

Number that do not speak or understand the language 760
Number of people learning the language 114
Age groups that are learning the language 0-4 (20), 5-14 (60), 15-19 (5), 20-24 (5), 25-44 (7), 45-54 (5), 55-64 (7), 65-74 (5)

Total Number 985