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POPULATION LANGUAGE ABILITY [1 record]

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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