public_comment: "Witsuwit'en and Nedut'en are the two main varieties of the language. Although there is a tradition of grouping Babine with Carrier (it has sometimes been referred to as “Northern Carrier”), there is a sharp linguistic and cultural boundary between the two speech communities.",
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public_comment: "Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Hargus (1997). "[The] Canada Census does not separate Babine [bcr], Central Carrier [crx], and Southern Carrier L1 speakers in Canada 20,090 (1998 Statistics Canada)." Data for the ethnic population comes from SIL (1982) and S. Hargus (1997).
200 (Golla 2007). 100 fluent speakers and 100 passive speakers of Wetsuwet’en. 200 speakers of all degrees of fluency of Babine Proper (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 250. In Babine Proper (2013).",
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public_comment: "The western dialect (Wetsuwet’en) has about 100 fluent speakers, none of them children. An additional 100 or more are passive speakers, including a few children. The eastern dialect (“Babine proper”) has up to 200 speakers of all degrees of fluency out of a total population of 250. However, there are few speakers under 25, though some children have a passive knowledge none are active speakers.",