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Language Needs Assessment: Prophet River First Nation
Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2012/2013
Language: Dane-Zaa (ᑕᓀ ᖚ)
Dialect: English/Beaver
Organization
Prophet River First Nation
Shirley Tsakoza, Band Administrator
This project will serve the following communities:
Community Population
| Date of community's recent population poll: |
2011, July |
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| Population on reserve: |
118 |
| Population off reserve: |
126 |
| Total Population: |
244 |
| Information Source: |
Personal observation |
| Some information was obtained by INAC Statistics, Census info, and mostly by personal observations. I feel our numbers are pretty accurate, we've currently done household headcounts for previous programs. |
Community Language Fluency
| Number that speak and understand language fluently |
27 |
| Age groups that speak the language fluently |
25-44 (6), 45-54 (7), 55-64 (8), 65-74 (6)
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| Number that understand and/or speak somewhat |
11 |
| Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat |
20-24 (5), 25-44 (6)
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| Number that do not speak or understand the language |
206 |
| Number of people learning the language |
120 |
| Age groups that are learning the language |
0-4 (5), 5-14 (25), 15-19 (25), 20-24 (25), 25-44 (25), 45-54 (15)
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