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Language Needs Assessment: Burns Lake Band
Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2009/2010
Language: Witsuwit'en
Dialect: Carrier
Organization
Burns Lake Band
Judy French, Social, Economic, Housing, Health, Training coordinator
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2007, January |
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| Population on reserve: |
60 |
| Population off reserve: |
46 |
| Total Population: |
106 |
| Information Source: |
band registry |
| 5 people in the community are not band members |
Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
3 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
45-54 (1), 65-74 (2)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
5 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
25-44 (5)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
98 |
| Number of people learning the language |
0 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
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