Pauquachin dialect
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The Pauquachin dialect is a local variety of the Northern Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Pauquachin First Nation of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salishan language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| alternateName | Pauquachin variety of Northern Straits Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Coast Salish peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLanguageGroup | Northern Straits dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Saanich dialect
ⓘ
Songhees dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Sooke dialect ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Pauquachin identity
ⓘ
vehicle of Pauquachin oral tradition ⓘ |
| endangeredLanguageCause |
English language shift
ⓘ
colonial assimilation policies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pauquachin First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
lexical suffixes ⓘ predicate‑initial word order ⓘ rich consonant clusters ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystem | contrast between plain and glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Pacific Northwest Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIndigenousLanguageOf | Pauquachin traditional territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageEcology | indigenous language of British Columbia ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| macroLanguage | Straits Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Coast Salish linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| region | southern Vancouver Island ⓘ |
| spokenBy | First Nations people in British Columbia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Pauquachin reserves
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saanich Peninsula region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Northern Straits Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Pauquachin First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Pauquachin community elders ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Americanist phonetic notation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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