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Language Needs Assessment: Esquimalt Nation
Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2012/2013
Language: SENĆOŦEN / Malchosen / Lekwungen / Semiahmoo / T’Sou-ke
Dialect: Lekwungen
Organization
Esquimalt Nation
Georgia Dixon, Administrator
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2011, March |
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| Population on reserve: |
150 |
| Population off reserve: |
137 |
| Total Population: |
287 |
| Information Source: |
Esquimalt Nation membership list |
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Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
1 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
75-84 (1)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
3 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
45-54 (1), 55-64 (2)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
283 |
| Number of people learning the language |
41 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
0-4 (8), 5-14 (10), 20-24 (4), 25-44 (16), 45-54 (1), 55-64 (2)
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