Central Coast Salish languages
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Central Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Coast Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities along the central coast of British Columbia and Washington State.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Coast Salish languages canonical | 3 |
| Central Coast Salish | 2 |
| Coast Salish languages | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4241963 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Coast Salish languages Context triple: [Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples, languageBranchOf, Central Coast Salish languages]
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A.
Northern Straits Salish
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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B.
Chinookan languages
Chinookan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken along the lower Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington.
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C.
Tagish language
Tagish is an endangered Northern Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of the Yukon in northwestern Canada.
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D.
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) is a Wakashan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of coastal British Columbia.
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E.
Tsimshianic languages
Tsimshianic languages are a small family of Indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, especially in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Coast Salish languages Target entity description: Central Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Coast Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities along the central coast of British Columbia and Washington State.
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A.
Northern Straits Salish
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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B.
Chinookan languages
Chinookan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken along the lower Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington.
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C.
Tagish language
Tagish is an endangered Northern Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of the Yukon in northwestern Canada.
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D.
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala)
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) is a Wakashan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of coastal British Columbia.
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E.
Tsimshianic languages
Tsimshianic languages are a small family of Indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, especially in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salishan languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Northwest Coast linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | recognized subgroup within Coast Salish ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Coast Salish identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
central coast of British Columbia
ⓘ
northwestern Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts |
community‑based language programs
ⓘ
immersion and language nest programs ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Salishan languages area ⓘ |
| partOf | Salishan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Interior Salish languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tsamosan (Olympic) Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| researchField |
American Indigenous linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ language documentation ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Coast Salish peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
subject to language shift to English ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex predicate structures
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limited use of overt noun inflection ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ predicate‑initial word order tendencies ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ use of lexical suffixes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial practices
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everyday communication in some communities ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (various orthographies) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Central Coast Salish languages Description of subject: Central Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Coast Salish branch of the Salishan language family, traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities along the central coast of British Columbia and Washington State.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central Coast Salish
this entity surface form:
Coast Salish languages
this entity surface form:
Coast Salish languages
this entity surface form:
Central Coast Salish