Language Needs Assessment: Kispiox Community School


Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2006/2007
Language: Gitsenimx̱
Dialect: Eastern


Organization

Kispiox A Community School
Reinhold S. Steinbeisser

This project will serve the following communities:



Anspa yaxw (Kispiox)



Community Population

Date of community's recent population poll:
Population on reserve: 800
Population off reserve: 736
Total Population: 1536
Information Source:

Community Language Fluency

Number that speak and understand language fluently 100
Age groups that speak the language fluently

Number that understand and/or speak somewhat 100
Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat

Number that do not speak or understand the language 600
Number of people learning the language 100
Age groups that are learning the language

Total Number 900