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BCR ISO 639-3

Babine

Nedut’en Autonym

A language of Canada

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Babine Carrier, Lake Babine, Nadot’en, Nat’oot’en, Northern Carrier
Autonym
Nedut’en
Population
430 (FPCC 2014). 295 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). 100 fluent speakers and 100 passive speakers of Wetsuwet’en. 200 speakers of all degrees of fluency of Babine Proper (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 3,410 (FPCC 2014).
Location:
British Columbia province: scattered. Bulkley river and Burns lake areas(Wetsuset’en dialect); Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities (Babine Proper dialect).
Language Status
7 (Shifting). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Burns Lake, Hagwilget Village, Lake Babine, Nee-Tahi-Buhn, Skin Tyee, Takla Lake, Wet’suwet’en, Witset, Yekooche.
Classification
Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan
Dialects
Wetsuset’en (Babine-Witsuwit’en, Bulkley Lakes, Witsuwit’en), Babine Proper, Takla, Francois Lake.
Language Use
Adults only. Shifting to English [eng].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1978.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Babine
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

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Location: British Columbia province: scattered. Bulkley river and Burns lake areas(Wetsuset’en dialect); Lake Babine and Takla Lake communities (Babine Proper dialect).