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Language Needs Assessment: Saik’uz First Nation
Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2010/2011
Language: Dakelh (ᑕᗸᒡ)
Dialect: Southern Carrier (Dakelh)
Organization
Saik’uz First Nation
Deborah Page, Education Coordinator
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2010, May |
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| Population on reserve: |
370 |
| Population off reserve: |
518 |
| Total Population: |
888 |
| Information Source: |
Band List from DIA |
| The information is from the 2009 list |
Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
52 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
45-54 (1), 55-64 (10), 65-74 (26), 75-84 (9), 85 and over (6)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
141 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
5-14 (10), 15-19 (10), 20-24 (10), 25-44 (40), 45-54 (34), 55-64 (27), 65-74 (10)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
695 |
| Number of people learning the language |
90 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
0-4 (14), 5-14 (35), 15-19 (41)
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