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POPULATION LANGUAGE ABILITY [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
DEF

Those people who speak an Aboriginal language well enough to conduct a conversation.

Key term(s)
  • language-knowledge population
  • population by language ability
  • language-ability population
  • language ability population
  • language knowledge population

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
DEF

Personnes qui parlent une langue autochtone suffisamment bien pour soutenir une conversation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demography
DEF

[Index that] compares the number of people who report being able to speak the language with the number who have that Aboriginal language as a mother tongue.

OBS

Index of ability(Kn/MT)... If for every 100 people with a specific Aboriginal mother tongue, more than 100 persons in the overall population are able to speak that language, some clearly learned it as a second language either in school or later in life. This may suggest some degree of language revival.

Key term(s)
  • ability index
  • language ability index
  • index of language ability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Démographie
DEF

[Indice qui] compare le nombre de personnes qui disent pouvoir parler la langue au nombre de personnes dont c'est la langue maternelle autochtone.

OBS

Indice d'habileté (Kn/MT) [...] Si pour toutes les 100 personnes d'une langue autochtone donnée, plus de 100 personnes sur l'ensemble de la population peuvent parler la langue, de toute évidence certaines de ces personnes ont appris cette langue comme langue seconde, à l'école ou ailleurs. Un tel indice peut laisser croire à un certain degré de résurgence de la langue.

Spanish

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