Shuswap language

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The Shuswap language is an Indigenous North American language spoken by the Secwepemc people of British Columbia, Canada.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shuswap language canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language
Indigenous language
North American language
Salishan language
country Canada
ethnicGroup Secwepemc NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Secwepemc language NERFINISHED
Secwepemctsín language
Shuswap NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder flexible word order
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Secwepemc people NERFINISHED
hasEndonym Secwepemctsín NERFINISHED
hasExonym Shuswap NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode shus1248
hasLanguagePrograms community-based language classes
school-based language instruction
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasSpeakersIn Secwepemc reserves NERFINISHED
nearby urban centres in British Columbia
isAssociatedWith Secwepemc Nation NERFINISHED
isDocumentedIn dictionaries
linguistic grammars
isEndangered true
ISO639-3Code shs
isPartOf Interior Salish languages NERFINISHED
Secwepemc cultural heritage
isRecognizedBy First Nations communities in British Columbia
isTaughtAt community learning centres
some schools in Secwepemc territory
isUsedFor ceremonial contexts
oral history
traditional stories
languageFamily Salishan languages NERFINISHED
nativeName Secwepemctsín NERFINISHED
region Interior of British Columbia NERFINISHED
spokenBy Secwepemc people NERFINISHED
spokenIn British Columbia NERFINISHED
Canada
subfamily Interior Salish NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Salishan languages hasLanguage Shuswap language
Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) alternateName Shuswap language
subject surface form: Secwepemctsín