Interior Salish languages
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Interior Salish languages are a branch of the Salishan language family spoken primarily in the interior regions of British Columbia and the northwestern United States by various Indigenous peoples.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interior Salish languages canonical | 10 |
| Northern Interior Salish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4992807 — 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: Interior Salish languages Context triple: [Salishan languages, hasSubfamily, Interior Salish languages]
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A.
Coast Salish languages
Coast Salish languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including parts of British Columbia and Washington State.
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B.
Salishan languages
The Salishan languages are a family of Indigenous languages spoken by various First Nations and Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Central Coast Salish languages
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.
- 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: Interior Salish languages Target entity description: Interior Salish languages are a branch of the Salishan language family spoken primarily in the interior regions of British Columbia and the northwestern United States by various Indigenous peoples.
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A.
Coast Salish languages
Coast Salish languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including parts of British Columbia and Washington State.
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B.
Salishan languages
The Salishan languages are a family of Indigenous languages spoken by various First Nations and Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Central Coast Salish languages
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salishan language subgroup
ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ |
| arealFeature | Pacific Northwest linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| family | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Columbia River Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plateau cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Coeur dʼAlene language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia-Moses language NERFINISHED ⓘ Colville-Okanagan language ⓘ Flathead language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lillooet language NERFINISHED ⓘ Okanagan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinixt language NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane-Kalispel language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Northern Interior Salish languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Interior Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | interior (inland) regions ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Coeur dʼAlene people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colville people NERFINISHED ⓘ Flathead (Salish) people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalispel people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nlakaʼpamux people NERFINISHED ⓘ Okanagan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Secwepemc people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinixt people NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane people NERFINISHED ⓘ Stʼatʼimc people NERFINISHED ⓘ Syilx Okanagan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ interior regions of British Columbia ⓘ northwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
First Nations languages
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Native American languages ⓘ indigenous languages of North America ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
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polysynthetic morphology ⓘ predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial practices
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daily communication in some communities ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in modern documentation) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Interior Salish languages Description of subject: Interior Salish languages are a branch of the Salishan language family spoken primarily in the interior regions of British Columbia and the northwestern United States by various Indigenous peoples.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Interior Salish
subject surface form:
Secwepemctsín