Language Status of Huron Wendat

Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale

                       

Level		Label		Description
0	International		The language is widely used between nations in trade, knowledge exchange, and international policy.
1	National		The language is used in education, work, mass media, and government at the national level.
2	Provincial		The language is used in education, work, mass media, and government within major administrative subdivisions of a nation.
3	Wider Communication		The language is used in work and mass media without official status to transcend language differences across a region.
4	Educational		The language is in vigorous use, with standardization and literature being sustained through a widespread system of institutionally supported education.
5	Developing		The language is in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some though this is not yet widespread or sustainable.
6a	Vigorous		The language is used for face-to-face communication by all generations and the situation is sustainable.
6b	Threatened		The language is used for face-to-face communication within all generations, but it is losing users.
7	Shifting		The child-bearing generation can use the language among themselves, but it is not being transmitted to children.
8a	Moribund		The only remaining active users of the language are members of the grandparent generation and older.
8b	Nearly Extinct		The only remaining users of the language are members of the grandparent generation or older who have little opportunity to use the language.
9	Dormant		The language serves as a reminder of heritage identity for an ethnic community, but no one has more than symbolic proficiency.
10	Extinct		The language is no longer used and no one retains a sense of ethnic identity associated with the language.

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So what level is Huron Wendat?

According to EGIDS, Huron Wendat is Dormant. 

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Lisa 
Kari 
Julia 
Saranya

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