Lekwungen language
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The Lekwungen language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Lekwungen (Songhees and Esquimalt) peoples in what is now southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lekwungen language canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lək̓ʷəŋən language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Songhees language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Esquimalt Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Songhees Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole | central to Lekwungen cultural identity ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Lekwungen (Songhees and Esquimalt) peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive glottalization ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Straits of Georgia area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | does not have an individual ISO 639-3 code (often grouped under Straits Salish) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Straits Salish dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Klallam language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Straits Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ SENĆOŦEN language NERFINISHED ⓘ Saanich language ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Esquimalt First Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lekwungen people NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhees First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Straits Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Straits of Juan de Fuca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victoria area of Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.