public_comment: "Data for the number of native speakers comes from 2000 census; Data for the number of ethnic population comes from SIL 1977.",
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public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
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young_adults: "",
older_adults: "The majority of speakers are over 50.",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
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public_comment: "Altogether, there are around 1000 actively fluent speakers of Shoshoni, and perhaps another 1000 with more restricted competence. While a few children still learn Shoshoni as a first language in the Duck Valley and Gosiute communities, the majority of speakers are over 50.",