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Carrier

A language of Canada

ISO 639-3: crx

Population	2,060 (2001 Canada census). Canada Census does not separate Babine [bcr], Central Carrier[crx], and Southern Carrier L1 speakers in Canada 20,090 (1998 Statistics Canada). Ethnic population: 2,100 (1987 SIL).
Region	Central British Columbia, Stuart and Trembleur Lake area.
Language map	Southwestern Canada
Alternate names	Central Carrier
Dialects	Necoslie, Pinchie, Tachie, Grand Rapids, Middle River, Portage.
Classification	Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Canadian, Carrier-Chilcotin, Babine-Carrier
Language use	Mainly adults. Most children and young adults prefer English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Writing system	Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 1974. Central Carrier country; British Columbia, Canada.

PIKE, Eunice V., author. 1986. "Tone contrasts in Central Carrier (Athapaskan)."

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

STORY, Gillian L., author. 1989. "A report on the nature of Carrier pitch phenomena: with special reference to the verb prefix tonomechanics."

WALKER, Richard, author. 1973. Central Carrier grammar sketch.

WALKER, Richard, author. 1979. "Central Carrier phonemics."

WALKER, Richard; WILKINSON, David B., compilers. 1974. Central Carrier bilingual dictionary.

WALKER, Shirley, author. 2007. Historical Sketch of the Carrier Linguistic Society.