Carrier language

Dakelh
Dakelh
Carrier
ᑕᗸᒡ
Native to	Canada
Region	Central Interior of British Columbia
Ethnicity	9,350 Carrier people (2014, FPCC)
Native speakers	1,270 (2016 census)
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Northern Athabaskan Dakelh; ; ; ;
Dialects	Southern; Nak'albun/Dzinghubun;
Writing system	Carrier Linguistic Committee alphabet ; Carrier syllabics
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; crx – Carrier; caf – Southern Carrier
Glottolog	carr1248
ELP	Dakelh (Carrier)
	Carrier language communities in British Columbia
	Carrier is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Dakelh (ᑕᗸᒡ) or Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language. It is named after the Dakelh people, a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, for whom Carrier has been a common English name derived from French explorers naming of the people. Dakelh people speak two related languages. One, Babine-Witsuwit'en is sometimes referred to as Northern Carrier. The other includes what are sometimes referred to as Central Carrier and Southern Carrier.

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