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Lillooet , also known as St’át’imcets (Lillooet: ''St’át’imcets'' ), is the Interior Salishan language of the St’át’imc, spoken in southern British Columbia, Canada, around the middle Fraser and Lillooet Rivers. The dialect of the Lower Lillooet people uses the name ''Ucwalmícwts'',〔(BCGNIS listing "Perrets Indian Reserve" - one of seven references in BCGNIS to "Ucwalmícwts" )〕 because ''St’át’imcets'' means "the language of the people of ''Sat’''", i.e. the Upper Lillooet of the Fraser River. Lillooet is an endangered language with as few as 200 native speakers practically all of whom are over 60 years of age (Gordon 2005). ==Regional varieties== St'at'imcets has two main dialects: * ''Upper St’at’imcets'' ( St’át’imcets, Fountain) * ''Lower St’at’imcets'' ( Lil'wat7úlmec, Mount Currie) Upper St'at'imcets is spoken around Fountain, Pavilion, Lillooet, and neighboring areas. Lower St'at'imcets is spoken around Mount Currie and neighboring areas. An additional subdialect called Skookumchuck is spoken within the Lower St'at'imcets dialect area, but there is no information available in van Eijk (1981, 1997) (which are the main references for this article). A common usage used by the bands of the Lower Lillooet River below Lillooet Lake is ''Ucwalmicwts''. The "Clao7alcw" (Raven's Nest) language nest program at Mount Currie, home of the Lil’wat, is conducted in the Lil’wat dialect." As of 2014, "the Coastal Corridor Consortium— an entity made up of board members from First Nations and educational partners to improve aboriginal access to and performance in postsecondary education and training— ... () developed a Lil’wat-language program." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lillooet language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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