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Use and revitalization efforts
The Halkomelem language is near extinction. In 2000, it was estimated that the number of fluent Halkomelem speakers was less than one dozen. Most are middle-aged or older, and few are monolingual, as there was a flood of English-speaking settlers in the region in the mid-nineteenth century. Language programs at the Stó:lō Nation, Seabird Island First Nation, and Cowichan First Nation have been developed to save the language. A program aimed at adults at Musqueam is a collaboration between the band and the University of British Columbia First Nations and endangered languages programme.

In September 2009, The University of California Press published his Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem.

A Halkomelem iPhone app was released in 2011, and an android version was released in 2016 .  The app was developed by the FirstVoices website .  There are 1754 words archived and 690 phrases archived on the FirstVoices website . As of  2014, 263  fluent speakers had been reported. I n 2014, the number of Head Start Programs was 21, and this included a language nest immersion preschool .