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Kaska Language
[edit]| Kaska | |
|---|---|
| Dene Zágéʼ | |
| Native to | Canada |
| Ethnicity | 540 Kaska people in 2 of the 4 communities (2014, FPCC)[1] |
Native speakers | 15 in 2 of the 4 communities[2] (2014, FPCC)[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kkz |
| Glottolog | kask1239 |
Kaska is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska people in the southeastern Yukon territory and northern British Columbia in Canada. In the Yukon area, for the towns of Good Hope Lake and Ross River, Watson Lake and Lower-Upper Liard acts like the central point, Where Kaska Language is spoken the most.[3]
Endangerment
[edit]With around 300 speakers as of 2011, the Ethnologue lists Kaska as Status 7 (shifting), despite also listing four communities (Good Hope Lake, Lower Post, Watson Lake and Ross River) where the language is taught in schools.[4] The endangerment can be linked to many factors, but the results of residential schools and post-war period is the most significant.[5]
Endangerment
[edit]A research done in the period of 1998 to 2000 and 2005 to 2008 including both Yukon and British Columbia areas, showed around 975 people that was able to speak the language.[6]
Now around 300 speakers as of 2011, the Ethnologue lists Kaska as Status 7 (shifting), despite also listing four communities (Good Hope Lake, Lower Post, Watson Lake and Ross River) where the language is taught in schools.[7]
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- ^ a b [1]
- ^ Figure is for 2 of 3 communities in British Columbia. Number in Yukon is unreported.
- ^ Allyn, Meek, Barbra (2001-01-01). "Kaska language socialization, acquisition and shift".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
- ^ J., Moore, Patrick (2003/00/00). "Lessons on the Land: The Role of Kaska Elders in a University Language Course". Canadian Journal of Native Education. 27 (1). ISSN 0710-1481.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Meek, Barbra A. (2012-02-01). We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816504480.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2014. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.