Secwepemctsín (Shuswap)

E293458
Indigenous language Interior Salish language Salishan language

Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) is an Interior Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Secwepemc people in the south-central interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Secwepemctsín 3
Secwepemc 1
Secwepemc (Shuswap) traditional territory 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language ⓘ
Interior Salish language ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ
alternateName Shuswap ⓘ
Shuswap language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Nlaka'pamux language ⓘ
surface form: Nłeʔkepmxcín (Thompson River Salish)

St’át’imcets (Lillooet) ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Secwepemc identity ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of Secwepemc traditional knowledge ⓘ
ethnicGroup Secwepemc Nation ⓘ
surface form: Secwepemc
hasBasicWordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ
hasDialects Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: eastern Secwepemctsín

northern Secwepemctsín ⓘ
western Secwepemctsín ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch documented in grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
hasOrganizationSupport First Peoples’ Cultural Council ⓘ
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
ISO639-3Code shs ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageRevitalization taught in community language programs ⓘ
taught in some schools in Secwepemc communities ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
nativeName Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) self-link ⓘ
surface form: Secwepemctsín
region British Columbia ⓘ
south-central interior of British Columbia ⓘ
spokenBy Secwepemc people ⓘ
spokenInCommunity 100 Mile House ⓘ
surface form: 100 Mile House, British Columbia

Barriere, British Columbia ⓘ
Chase, British Columbia ⓘ
Kamloops ⓘ
surface form: Kamloops, British Columbia

Williams Lake, British Columbia ⓘ
subfamily Interior Salish languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion Secwepemcúl’ecw ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Secwepemctsín practical orthography ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) ⓘ
Kamloops → indigenousTerritory → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secwepemc (Shuswap) traditional territory
Interior Plateau → inhabitedBy → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secwepemc
Secwepemc people → nativeLanguage → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secwepemctsín
Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) → nativeName → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Secwepemctsín
this entity surface form: Secwepemctsín
Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) → hasDialects → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Secwepemctsín
this entity surface form: eastern Secwepemctsín
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc → languageUsed → Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secwepemctsín