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Language Needs Assessment: T'lisalagi'lakw School Namgis First Nation
Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2011/2012
Language: Kwak̓wala
Dialect: Kwak'wala
Organization
T'lisalagi'lakw School Namgis First Nation
Donna Cranmer, Kwak'wala Teacher
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2011, January |
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| Population on reserve: |
920 |
| Population off reserve: |
712 |
| Total Population: |
1632 |
| Information Source: |
Namgis First Nation Adminstration Office |
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Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
90 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
45-54 (3), 55-64 (20), 65-74 (48), 75-84 (17), 85 and over (2)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
156 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
0-4 (26), 5-14 (64), 20-24 (10), 25-44 (8), 45-54 (19), 55-64 (13), 65-74 (15), 75-84 (1)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
1386 |
| Number of people learning the language |
111 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
0-4 (26), 5-14 (64), 20-24 (11), 25-44 (3), 45-54 (5), 55-64 (2)
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