Carrier is a Northern Athabascan language spoken in central British Columbia in Canada. It is spoken between Stewart Lake and Quesnel. The people who speak it call themselves and their language Dakelh (ᑕᗸᒡ). The name Carrier is a translation of Aghele, the Sekani name for the Dakelh. The language is also known as Dakelhne, Porteur, Takelne or Takulie.
In 2014 there were about 680 fluent speakers of Carrier, and another 1,380 people with some knowledge of the language. The majority of speakers are adults.
The Carrier syllabary, or Déné Syllabics, was devised by Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice in 1885. He adapted it from the syllabic writing systems developed for the Athabaskan languages of the Northwest Territories of Canada by Father Emile Petitot.
The Carrier syllabary was fairly widely used for several decades for such purposes as writing diaries and letters and leaving messages on trees. Though the syllabary is no longer used or understood by many people, there has been a recent revival of interest in it and it occasionally appears on plaques and memorials.
In the 1960s, the Carrier Linguistic Committee in Fort St James developed an alternative writing system based on the Latin alphabet. This system is now the most popular writing system for Dakelh.
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Ba cha ye cha ndoni cha boozi be ndohone. Hoonzoo ts'i neondleh. Nemoodihti inzoo hoowa ndi netl'adantsut. 'I cha hoonzoo ts'i neba ondleh. Sizi Gri nemoodihti nyoozi 'i be ndohone.
Source: https://www.ydli.org/dakinfo/gracemai.htm
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Information about Carrier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_language
http://www.native-languages.org/carrier.htm
http://www.languagegeek.com/dene/dakelh/dakelh.html
https://www.ydli.org/linginfo.htm
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/crx
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