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Beaver

A language of Canada

ISO 639-3: bea

Population	300 (Kinkade 1991). Ethnic population: 600 (1987 SIL).
Region	Northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, Chateh (Assumption) on Hay River, and Prophet River south of Fort Nelson.
Language maps	Canada Southwestern Canada
Classification	Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Beaver-Sekani
Language use	All also use English [eng].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1886–1989.
Writing system	Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOLDSTOCK, Jean; HOLDSTOCK, Marshall, authors. Available: 2011; Created: 1965. A phonemic description of the Beaver Indian language.

STORY, Gillian L., author. 1989. "Problems of phonemic representation in Beaver."

Vernacular Publications

100 Daneẕaa úúyííni. 1972.

A Beaver Indian dictionary for school use. 1984.

Danezaa adishtlʼish 1. 1976.

Danezaa adishtlʼish 2. 1977.

Daneẕaa adishtlˀish; Dane yakˀe adatlˀishe 1. 1976.

Daneẕaa adishtlˀish; Dane yakˀe adatlˀishe 2. 1977.

Introduction to conversational Beaver. 1992.

Jííla ghadíí adíshtlíshílǫ. 1972.

The Beaver alphabet book. 1992.

The Beaver alphabet. 1976.