Northern Straits Salish
E101542
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Straits Salish | 3 |
| Northern Straits Salish canonical | 1 |
| Straits Salish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T800509 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Northern Straits Salish Context triple: [Coast Salish peoples, hasLanguage, Northern Straits Salish]
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A.
Lushootseed
Lushootseed is a Coast Salish Native American language traditionally spoken in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
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B.
Nlaka'pamux
The Nlaka'pamux are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, whose traditional territory includes the Fraser Canyon region.
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C.
Nisga’a
Nisga’a are an Indigenous people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for their distinct language, rich cultural traditions, and landmark modern treaty asserting self-government and land rights.
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D.
Suquamish
The Suquamish are a Coast Salish Native American tribe from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, historically known for their maritime culture and as the people of Chief Seattle.
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E.
Haida
Haida is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Haida people of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia and parts of southeastern Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Northern Straits Salish Target entity description: Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
Lushootseed
Lushootseed is a Coast Salish Native American language traditionally spoken in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
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B.
Nlaka'pamux
The Nlaka'pamux are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, whose traditional territory includes the Fraser Canyon region.
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C.
Nisga’a
Nisga’a are an Indigenous people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for their distinct language, rich cultural traditions, and landmark modern treaty asserting self-government and land rights.
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D.
Suquamish
The Suquamish are a Coast Salish Native American tribe from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, historically known for their maritime culture and as the people of Chief Seattle.
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E.
Haida
Haida is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Haida people of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia and parts of southeastern Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hul’q’umi’num’
ⓘ
surface form:
Hul’q’umi’num’ language
Klallam language ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Coast Salish peoples
ⓘ
Lummi people ⓘ Pauquachin First Nation ⓘ W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ
surface form:
Saanich people
Samish people ⓘ Stillaguamish people ⓘ
surface form:
Semiahmoo people
Songhees people ⓘ Sooke people ⓘ Tseycum First Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Tsartlip First Nation
Tsawout First Nation ⓘ Tseycum First Nation ⓘ |
| glottocode | stra1244 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lummi dialect
ⓘ
Pauquachin dialect ⓘ Saanich dialect ⓘ Samish dialect ⓘ Semiahmoo dialect ⓘ Songhees dialect ⓘ Samish dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Sooke dialect
Tsartlip dialect ⓘ Tsawout dialect ⓘ Tsartlip dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Tseycum dialect
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | str ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization |
community-based immersion programs
ⓘ
curriculum development in local schools ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form:
Strait of Georgia
|
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Washington State, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| subgroupOf |
Northern Straits Salish
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Straits Salish
|
| taughtAt |
tribal language programs in British Columbia
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tribal language programs in Washington State ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Subject: Northern Straits Salish Description of subject: Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.