Talk:North Coast-Nechako

Queen of the North and Inside Passage

The Queen Of the North sunk [1] last night south of Prince Rupert. All aboard are safe, but BC Ferries will not be running the Inside passage route for a while. -- (WT-en) bulliver 14:51, 22 March 2006 (EST)

Well, seems to be worse than first reported. There are still two passengers unaccounted for. Plus, the only other ferry that serves the Queen Charlotte Islands is drydocked for retrofitting, and as a result, the Islands and the remote communities along the Inside Passage are essentially cut off for the time being. Probably not a good idea to travel here till this is sorted out. -- (WT-en) bulliver 02:06, 23 March 2006 (EST)

Indigenous dialects?

We say, in Talk:

"The official language is English, though you will hear indigenous dialects if you are in villages inhabited by the First Nations People."

Wouldn't that be indigenous languages? The wording suggest you'd hear indigenous dialects of English, which makes little sense: as English is not indigenous, any dialects of it can't be either.

If people speak indigenous languages, then that would be the point, not whether they talk the official version of some unnamed language or a dialect of it. Mentioning what languages these are would also be valuable, for those who might be able to study the basics before arriving.

–LPfi (talk) 11:14, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

I presume it's creole based languages. It's a similar situation if you go to outback indigenous communities in Australia or if you go up to the wet tropics, languages such as Australian Kriol, Torres Strait Creole or Gurindji Kriol are spoken. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 11:20, 24 October 2021 (UTC)