Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)
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Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) is a Coast Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people of the Pacific Northwest Coast in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Squamish language ⓘ |
| associatedWithGovernment |
Squamish Nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Squamish Nation government
|
| autonym |
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
ⓘ
surface form:
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim
|
| branchOf | Central Coast Salish ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Halkomelem
ⓘ
surface form:
Halkomelem language
Sechelt language ⓘ
surface form:
Sechelt (sháshíshálh) language
Coast Salish languages ⓘ
surface form:
Straits Salish languages
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people
ⓘ
surface form:
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people
|
| geographicContext | Coast Salish territories ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | taught in some schools in Squamish Nation territory ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
glottalized sonorants ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| historicalSuppression | impacted by Canadian assimilation policies ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | has ISO 639-3 code (not specified here) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Salishan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Salishan
|
| linguisticResearch | documented by field linguists in the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Northwest Coast
|
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Salishan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Salishan language family
|
| region |
Howe Sound
ⓘ
Burrard Inlet ⓘ
surface form:
North Shore of Burrard Inlet
Southwestern British Columbia ⓘ Squamish ⓘ
surface form:
Squamish, British Columbia
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language classes
ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | members of the Squamish Nation ⓘ |
| spokenIn | First Nations reserves of the Squamish Nation ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural ceremonies
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh orthography ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.