Language Needs Assessment: Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations


Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2012/2013
Language: Nuučaan̓uɫ
Dialect: central


Organization

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations
Tammy Dorward, Education Coordinator

This project will serve the following communities:



Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation



Community Population

Date of community's recent population poll: 2011, January
Population on reserve: 400
Population off reserve: 700
Total Population: 1100
Information Source: band office staff and elders

Community Language Fluency

Number that speak and understand language fluently 23
Age groups that speak the language fluently 55-64 (3), 65-74 (15), 75-84 (5)

Number that understand and/or speak somewhat 22
Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat 25-44 (2), 55-64 (20)

Number that do not speak or understand the language 1055
Number of people learning the language 28
Age groups that are learning the language 0-4 (11), 25-44 (14), 55-64 (3)

Total Number 1100