2010 Report on the Status of British Columbia's First Nations Languages

[Margaret Florey]

Dear RNLDers

The 2010 Report on the Status of British Columbia's First Nations Languages
has been released by the First Peoples' Council today. The report finds
that:
    •    fluent First Nations language speakers make up a small and
shrinking minority of the B.C. First Nations population
    •    8 languages are severely endangered and 22 are nearly extinct
    •    most fluent speakers are over 65
    •    the majority of classroom teaching is insufficient to create enough
new fluent speakers to revitalize languages.

The report can be downloaded from the FPHLCC <http://www.fphlcc.ca/> site. A
press release is also available
here<http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Report-Urges-Action-for-BCs-First-Nations-Languages-1156900.htm>
.

kind regards,
Margaret

-- 
Margaret Florey
Consultant linguist
Director, Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity <www.rnld.org>

Email: Margaret.Florey at gmail.com
Ph: +61 (0)4 3186-3727 (mob.)
skype: margaret_florey
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