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Appendix H
Knowledge of non-official languages: Classifications from 2006, 2001 and 1996
Modified on February 14, 2008
This appendix presents the non-official language classifications used for the 2006, 2001 and 1996 Censuses. The classification, with the exception of English, French and non-verbal languages, is the same as the one used in establishing mother tongue, home language and language of work.
2006 Classification |
2001 Classification |
1996 Classification |
|---|---|---|
Note:
| ||
Non-official languages |
Non-official languages |
Non-official languages |
Aboriginal languages |
Aboriginal languages |
Aboriginal languages |
Algonquian languages |
Algonquian languages |
Algonquian languages |
Algonquin |
Algonquin |
Algonquin |
Atikamekw 1 |
Attikamekw 2 |
Attikamek |
Cree |
Cree |
Cree |
Malecite |
Malecite |
Malecite |
Mi'kmaq1 |
Micmac |
Micmac |
Montagnais-Naskapi |
Montagnais-Naskapi |
Montagnais-Naskapi |
Ojibway |
Ojibway |
Ojibway |
Blackfoot |
Blackfoot |
Blackfoot |
Oji-Cree |
Oji-Cree |
Oji-Cree |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. |
Athapaskan languages |
Athapaskan languages |
Athapaskan languages |
Carrier |
Carrier |
Carrier |
Chilcotin |
Chilcotin |
Chilcotin |
Chipewyan |
Chipewyan |
Chipewyan |
Dene |
Dene |
Dene |
Dogrib |
Dogrib |
Dogrib |
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) |
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) |
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) |
North Slave (Hare) |
North Slave (Hare) |
North Slave (Hare) |
South Slave |
South Slave |
South Slave |
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. |
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. |
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. |
Haida |
Haida |
Haida |
Iroquoian languages |
Iroquoian languages |
Iroquoian languages |
Mohawk |
Mohawk |
Mohawk |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. |
Kutenai |
Kutenai |
Kutenai |
Salish languages |
Salish languages |
Salish languages |
Shuswap |
Shuswap |
Shuswap
|
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) |
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) |
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) |
Salish languages, n.i.e. |
Salish languages, n.i.e. |
Salish languages, n.i.e. |
Siouan languages
(Dakota/Sioux) |
Siouan languages
Dakota/Sioux |
Siouan languages
Dakota/Sioux |
Tlingit |
Tlingit |
Tlingit |
Tsimshian languages |
Tsimshian languages |
Tsimshian languages |
Gitksan |
Gitksan |
Gitksan |
Nisga'a 1 |
Nishga |
Nishga |
Tsimshian |
Tsimshian |
Tsimshian |
Wakashan languages |
Wakashan languages |
Wakashan languages |
Nootka |
Nootka |
Nootka |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. |
Inuktitut 1 |
Inuktitut (Eskimo) |
Inuktitut (Eskimo) |
Inuinnaqtun |
Not available |
Not available |
Inuktitut, n.i.e. |
Not available |
Not available |
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. |
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. |
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. |
Romance languages |
Romance languages |
Romance languages |
Italian |
Italian |
Italian |
Portuguese |
Portuguese |
Portuguese |
Romanian |
Romanian |
Romanian |
Spanish |
Spanish |
Spanish |
Romance languages, n.i.e. |
Romance languages, n.i.e. |
Romance languages, n.i.e. |
Germanic languages |
Germanic languages |
Germanic languages |
Not available |
Netherlandic languages |
Netherlandic languages |
Dutch |
Dutch |
Dutch |
Flemish |
Flemish |
Flemish |
Frisian |
Frisian |
Frisian |
German |
German |
German |
Yiddish |
Yiddish |
Yiddish
|
Scandinavian languages |
Scandinavian languages |
Scandinavian languages |
Danish |
Danish |
Danish |
Icelandic |
Icelandic |
Icelandic |
Norwegian |
Norwegian |
Norwegian |
Swedish |
Swedish |
Swedish |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. |
Celtic languages |
Celtic languages |
Celtic languages |
Gaelic languages |
Gaelic languages |
Gaelic languages |
Welsh |
Welsh |
Welsh |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. |
Slavic languages |
Slavic languages |
Slavic languages |
Belarusan (Byelorussian) 1 |
Byelorussian |
Byelorussian |
Bosnian |
Not available |
Not available |
Bulgarian |
Bulgarian |
Bulgarian |
Croatian |
Croatian |
Croatian |
Czech |
Czech |
Czech |
Macedonian |
Macedonian |
Macedonian |
Polish |
Polish |
Polish |
Russian |
Russian |
Russian |
Serbian |
Serbian |
Serbian |
Serbo-Croatian |
Serbo-Croatian |
Serbo-Croatian |
Slovak |
Slovak |
Slovak |
Slovenian |
Slovenian |
Slovenian |
Ukrainian |
Ukrainian |
Ukrainian |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. |
Baltic languages |
Baltic languages |
Baltic languages |
Latvian 1 |
Latvian (Lettish) |
Latvian (Lettish) |
Lithuanian |
Lithuanian |
Lithuanian |
Finno-Ugric languages |
Finno-Ugric languages |
Finno-Ugric languages |
Estonian |
Estonian |
Estonian |
Finnish |
Finnish |
Finnish |
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
Greek |
Greek |
Greek
|
Armenian |
Armenian |
Armenian |
Turkic languages |
Turkic languages |
Turkic languages |
Azerbaijani |
Not available |
Not available |
Turkish |
Turkish |
Turkish |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. |
Afro-Asiatic languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Berber languages (Kabyle) |
Not available |
Not available |
Cushitic languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Oromo |
Not available |
Not available |
Somali 4 |
… |
… |
Semitic languages |
Semitic languages |
Semitic languages |
Amharic |
Amharic |
Amharic |
Arabic |
Arabic |
Arabic |
Hebrew |
Hebrew |
Hebrew |
Maltese |
Maltese |
Maltese |
… |
Somali |
Somali |
Tigrigna1 |
Tigringa |
Tigringa |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. |
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
Not available |
Not available |
Indo-Iranian languages |
Indo-Iranian languages |
Indo-Iranian languages |
Indo-Aryan languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Bengali |
Bengali |
Bengali |
Gujarati |
Gujarati |
Gujarati |
Hindi |
Hindi |
Hindi
|
Konkani |
Konkani |
Konkani |
Marathi |
Marathi |
Marathi |
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1 |
Punjabi |
Punjabi |
Sindhi |
Sindhi |
Sindhi |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1 |
Sinhalese |
Sinhalese |
Urdu |
Urdu |
Urdu |
Iranian languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Kurdish |
Kurdish |
Kurdish |
Pashto |
Pashto |
Pashto |
Persian (Farsi) |
Persian (Farsi) |
Persian (Farsi) |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. |
Dravidian languages |
Dravidian languages |
Dravidian languages |
Kannada |
Kannada |
Kannada |
Malayalam |
Malayalam |
Malayalam |
Tamil |
Tamil |
Tamil |
Telugu |
Telugu |
Telugu |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. |
Japanese |
Japanese |
Japanese |
Korean |
Korean |
Korean |
Sino-Tibetan languages |
Sino-Tibetan languages |
Sino-Tibetan languages |
Chinese languages 1 |
Chinese |
Chinese |
Cantonese |
Cantonese |
Not available |
Chaochow (Teochow) |
Not available |
Not available |
Fukien |
Not available |
Not available |
Hakka |
Hakka |
Not available |
Mandarin |
Mandarin |
Not available |
Shanghainese |
Not available |
Not available |
Taiwanese |
Not available |
Not available |
Chinese, n.o.s. |
Chinese, n.o.s. 3 |
Not available |
Tibetan languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. |
Tai languages |
Tai languages |
Tai languages |
Lao |
Lao |
Lao
|
Thai |
Thai |
Thai |
Austro-Asiatic languages |
Austro-Asiatic languages |
Austro-Asiatic languages |
Khmer (Cambodian) |
Khmer (Cambodian) |
Khmer (Cambodian) |
Vietnamese |
Vietnamese |
Vietnamese |
Not available |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
Malayo-Polynesian languages |
Malayo-Polynesian languages |
Malayo-Polynesian languages |
Bisayan languages |
Not available |
Not available |
Ilocano |
Not available |
Not available |
Malay 1 |
Malay-Bahasa |
Malay-Bahasa |
Pampango |
Not available |
Not available |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1 |
Tagalog (Pilipino) |
Tagalog (Pilipino) |
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. |
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. |
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. |
Not available |
Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
Asiatic languages, n.i.e. |
Niger-Congo languages |
Niger-Congo languages |
Niger-Congo languages |
Akan (Twi) 1 |
Twi |
Twi |
Bantu languages |
Bantu languages |
Bantu languages |
Lingala |
Not available |
Not available |
Rundi (Kirundi) |
Not available |
Not available |
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) |
Not available |
Not available |
Shona |
Not available |
Not available |
Swahili |
Swahili |
Swahili |
Bantu languages, n.i.e. |
Bantu languages, n.i.e. |
Bantu languages, n.i.e. |
Edo |
Not available |
Not available |
Igbo |
Not available |
Not available |
Wolof |
Not available |
Not available |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. |
African languages, n.i.e. |
African languages, n.i.e. |
African languages, n.i.e. |
Creoles |
Creoles |
Creoles |
Non-verbal languages |
Not available |
Not available |
American Sign Language Quebec Sign Language Sign languages, n.i.e. |
Not available Not available Not available |
Not available Not available Not available |
Other languages |
Other languages |
Other languages |
