Lillooet language

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Lillooet
St̓át̓imcets / Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc Ucwalmícwts / Lil̓wat7úlmec
Pronunciation	[ˈʃt͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ]
Native to	Canada
Region	British Columbia
Ethnicity	6,670 St̓át̓imc (2014, FPCC)[1]
Native speakers	315 (2016)[2]
Language family	Salishan Interior Salish Northern Lillooet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lil
Glottolog	lill1248
ELP	St̓át̓imcets (Lillooet)
Lillooet is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Lillooet (/ˈlɪloʊɛt/; Lillooet: St̓át̓imcets / Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc, [ˈʃt͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ]) is a Salishan language of the Interior branch spoken by the Stʼatʼimc in southern British Columbia, Canada, around the middle Fraser and Lillooet Rivers. The language of the Lower Lillooet people uses the name Ucwalmícwts,^[3] because St̓át̓imcets means "the language of the people of Sat̓", i.e. the Upper Lillooet of the Fraser River.

Lillooet is an endangered language with around 580 fluent speakers, who tend to be over 60 years of age.^[4]