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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
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Most British Columbia government records will be in English. Private and organizational records may be in a variety of languages.<br> | Most British Columbia government records will be in English. Private and organizational records may be in a variety of languages.<br> | ||
According to the 2011 census, English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Punjabi, German, Tagalog, French, Korean, Spanish, and Farsi were then the top 10 languages spoken in BC. <sup>1</sup><br> | According to the 2011 census, English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Punjabi, German, Tagalog, French, Korean, Spanish, and Farsi were then the top 10 languages spoken in BC.<sup>1</sup><br> | ||
Over 30 Indigenous languages are spoken in British Columbia.<sup>2</sup><br> | |||
Historically since European contact, along with indigenous languages, during the fur trading period French, Scots, Chinook<sup>3</sup> (a trade language) and Michif<sup>4</sup>(the Métis language), and Hawaiian were spoken. <br> | |||
In some cases, early missionaries learned and used Chinook and indignous languages, as well as French and/or English and Latin.<br> | |||
From the 1850s Gold Rush period and later, new immigrants brought the Chinese, Japanese and Scandinavian and South Asian languages.<br> | |||
British Columbia's strong resource economies, particularly in fishing<sup>5</sup> and logging<sup>6</sup>, have their own terms and slang often found in letters and newspaper articles, even in government reports. Some of these have been commonly used even by those not in these occupations.<sup>7</sup><br> | |||
Historical British Columbia place and geographic names reflect these languages. Please note that some historical terms may now be thought of as derogatory. | |||
=== Language Tools === | === Language Tools === | ||
The FamilySearch wiki includes a number of genealogical word lists | The FamilySearch wiki includes a number of genealogical word lists with English words and the same or similar terms in other languages. These include commonly used genealogical words, as for instance, on the [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List Latin Genealogical Word List]. Search for your [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Word_List Country or Language AND Word List] in the wiki. | ||
[ | [http://www.fpcc.ca/language/language-map/ First People's Language Map of British Columbia], First People's Cultural Council.<br> | ||
[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35492/35492-h/35492-h.htm ''Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific Coast''](T. N. Hibben Co., Publishers, Victoria, 1889), online at Project Gutenburg.<br> | |||
[https://archive.org/details/chinookfirstread00leje ''Chinook first reading book: including Chinook hymns, syllabary and vocabulary''] / by Jean Marie Raphaël Le Jeune (Kamloops, 1893), online at the Internet Archive. <br> | |||
[https://archive.org/details/chinookfirstread00leje ''Chinook first reading book: including Chinook hymns, syllabary and vocabulary''] / by | |||
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'''Notes'''<br> | '''Notes'''<br> | ||
<sup>1</sup> [http://www.gov.bc.ca/bcfacts/ B.C. Quick Facts], Government of Province of British Columbia <br> | <sup>1</sup> [http://www.gov.bc.ca/bcfacts/ B.C. Quick Facts], Government of Province of British Columbia.<br> | ||
<sup>2</sup> [http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/culture/languages.html Indigenous Foundations], University of British Columbia. | <sup>2</sup> [http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/culture/languages.html Indigenous Foundations], University of British Columbia. | ||
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<sup>4</sup> [http://www.learnmichif.com/ Learn Mechif], Metis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) and the Métis Nation BC (MNBC).<br> | <sup>4</sup> [http://www.learnmichif.com/ Learn Mechif], Metis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) and the Métis Nation BC (MNBC).<br> | ||
< | <sup>5</sup> [http://pacificforestfoundation.org/glossary.html Logging Terms], Pacific Forest Foundation. | ||
<sup>6</sup> [http://www.mosaic-bc.ca/fishing/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=107 Glossary, Mosaic of Fishing Memories]. | |||
<sup>7</sup>''Wet Coast Words'' by Tom Parkin (Orca Book Publishers, 1989). | |||
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