Sechelt

SEC

moribund

Genealogy:

Salish
Central Salish

Demographics: 15 (Golla 2007). Up to 45 speakers of varying degrees of fluency: 15 fully fluent with an additional 10 to 15 who can carry on conversations (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 700 (Golla 2007). L2 users: 0.

Language Use: Shifting to English [eng]. Strong desire to revive the language. Taught in the local school (Golla 2007). Speakers 50 and older.

Language Development: A few are literate. Dictionary. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Canada