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Babine

A language of Canada

ISO 639-3: bcr

Population	500 (1997 S. Hargus). Canada Census does not separate Babine [bcr], Central Carrier[crx], and Southern Carrier L1 speakers in Canada 20,090 (1998 Statistics Canada). Ethnic population: 2,200 (1982 SIL and 1997 S. Hargus).
Region	West central British Columbia, Burns Lake, Babine Lake, Moricetown areas, towards Takla Lake area.
Language map	Southwestern Canada
Alternate names	Babine Carrier, Northern Carrier, Witsuwit’en
Classification	Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Carrier-Chilcotin, Babine-Carrier
Language use	Mainly adults. Most also use English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Bible portions: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

STORY, Gillian L., author. 1984. Babine & Carrier phonology: a historically oriented study.  

Vernacular Publications

Nedutʼeen habikinic 1, 2. 1977.

Teacher’s manual for Nedutʼeen habikinitc, book 1 and 2. 1977.