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Language Needs Assessment: Port Alberni Friendship Centre
Funding Applcation: BC Language Initiative (BCLI)
Assessment Year: 2010/2011
Language: Nuučaan̓uɫ
Dialect: Wakasan
Organization
Port Alberni Friendship Centre
Katherine Robinson, Program Coordinator
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Specific Information
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2008, October |
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| Population on reserve: |
200 |
| Population off reserve: |
175 |
| Total Population: |
375 |
| Information Source: |
office staff |
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Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
4 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
55-64 (1), 65-74 (2), 75-84 (1)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
12 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
45-54 (2), 55-64 (7), 65-74 (3)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
359 |
| Number of people learning the language |
8 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
5-14 (6), 20-24 (1), 25-44 (1)
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Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2008, October |
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| Population on reserve: |
150 |
| Population off reserve: |
511 |
| Total Population: |
661 |
| Information Source: |
internet home page |
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Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
10 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
55-64 (4), 65-74 (2), 75-84 (4)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
45 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
25-44 (12), 45-54 (15), 55-64 (8), 65-74 (5), 75-84 (5)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
606 |
| Number of people learning the language |
6 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
5-14 (4), 20-24 (2)
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Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2010, March |
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| Population on reserve: |
726 |
| Population off reserve: |
274 |
| Total Population: |
1000 |
| Information Source: |
Tseshaht Membership Committee |
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Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
5 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
65-74 (2), 75-84 (2), 85 and over (1)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
39 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
25-44 (1), 45-54 (6), 55-64 (19), 65-74 (12), 75-84 (1)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
956 |
| Number of people learning the language |
18 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
5-14 (12), 25-44 (1), 45-54 (1), 55-64 (4)
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