Language Needs Assessment: Lil'wat7ul Culture Center


Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2009/2010
Language: St̓át̓imcets
Dialect: Lil'wat


Organization

Lil'wat7ul Culture Center
Lois Joseph, Team Leader

This project will serve the following communities:



Lil'wat Nation



Community Population

Date of community's recent population poll: 2008, December
Population on reserve: 1328
Population off reserve: 651
Total Population: 1979
Information Source: Mount Currie Band Registry

Community Language Fluency

Number that speak and understand language fluently 25
Age groups that speak the language fluently 55-64 (17), 65-74 (8)

Number that understand and/or speak somewhat 371
Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat 0-4 (24), 5-14 (24), 15-19 (218), 20-24 (22), 25-44 (30), 45-54 (12), 55-64 (41)

Number that do not speak or understand the language 1583
Number of people learning the language 371
Age groups that are learning the language 0-4 (24), 5-14 (24), 15-19 (218), 20-24 (22), 25-44 (30), 45-54 (12), 55-64 (41)

Total Number 1979