Southern Carrier language

Southern Carrier
Lower Carrier
Dakelh
Sign saying Wheni Lheidli T'enneh ts'inli meaning 'we are Lheidli T'enneh' in the Lheidli dialect.[1]
Native toCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
EthnicityDakelh
Native speakers
(500 cited 1987)[2]
Dialects
  • Fraser/Nechakoh
  • Blackwater
Language codes
ISO 639-3caf
Glottologsout2958

Southern Carrier, Lower Carrier or locally Dakelh is an endangered dialect group of the Athabaskan Carrier language of British Columbia, Canada.

  1. ^ "Our Language - Lheidli T'enneh | First Nation | Prince George, BC". 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  2. ^ Southern Carrier at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon