The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CHI
ISO 639-2: ath
| Population | 705 mother tongue speakers (1998 Statistics Canada) out of 1,800 population (1982 SIL). |
| Region | West of Williams Lake, south central British Columbia. |
| Alternate names | TZILKOTIN |
| Classification | Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Carrier-Chilcotin, Chilcotin. |
| Comments | Vigorous among adults. Many children prefer English. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Bible portions 1993. |
