Tags: Language.
The Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language. It is named after the Dakelh people a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia Canada for whom Carrier is the usual English name. People who are referred to as Carrier speak two related languages. One Babine-Witsuwit’en is sometimes referred to as Northern Carrier. The other Carrier proper includes what are sometimes referred to as Central Carrier and Southern Carrier.