Carrier, Southern | Ethnologue

A language of Canada

ISO 639: caf
Autonym: Dakelh
Population: 500 (1987 SIL). 2,060 identified in 2001. Census does not separate Babine [bcr], Central Carrier [crx], and Southern Carrier. All Athapaskan L1 speakers in Canada 17,400 (2016 census).
Location:: British Columbia province: west of Quesnel and south of Cheslatta lake, Anahim Lake-Ulkatcho, toward the Fraser river and tributaries.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Northern Athabaskan, Carrier
Dialects: Cheslatta, Prince George, Stoney Creek, Nautley, Stellaquo. Lexical similarity: 90% with Central Carrier [crx].
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng]. Used as L2 by Chilcotin [clc].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Literature adapted from Central Carrier is useable. NT: 2002.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Carrier, Southern
Writing: Latin script [Latn]. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script [Cans], no longer in use.

Location: British Columbia province: west of Quesnel and south of Cheslatta lake, Anahim Lake-Ulkatcho, toward the Fraser river and tributaries.