sháshíshálh language
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The sháshíshálh language is a Coast Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the shíshálh (Sechelt) people of the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sháshíshálh language canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Sechelt language
ⓘ
shishalh language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Comox language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halkomelem language NERFINISHED ⓘ Squamish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to shíshálh identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Sechelt people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shíshálh people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Salishan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | shíshálh Nation government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
complex predicate formation
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized community orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
First Nations languages of Canada
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of North America ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Central Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunshine Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Coast of British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
adult immersion classes
ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| spokenBy | members of the shíshálh Nation ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | schools in the shíshálh Nation territory ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural ceremonies of the shíshálh people
ⓘ
songs of the shíshálh people ⓘ traditional stories of the shíshálh people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.