Okanagan language

E492418
Indigenous language of North America Interior Salish language

The Okanagan language is an Interior Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Syilx (Okanagan) people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and northern Washington State, USA.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Okanagan language canonical 2
Colville-Okanagan language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Interior Salish language ⓘ
alternateName Colville-Okanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nsyilxcən NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okanagan-Colville NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturallyAssociatedWith Syilx Okanagan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syilx oral traditions ⓘ
Syilx place names ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature ejective consonants ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResourceType audio recordings ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 oka ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Okanagan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community language classes ⓘ
curriculum development in schools ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ
language nests ⓘ
spokenBy Okanagan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syilx people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ
interior of British Columbia ⓘ
northern Washington State ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
threatened ⓘ
subfamily Interior Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Syilx Okanagan Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Colville Confederated Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okanagan Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osoyoos Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penticton Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Nicola Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westbank First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional governance contexts ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script-based orthography ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Salishan languages → hasLanguage → Okanagan language ⓘ
Interior Salish peoples → associatedLanguage → Okanagan language ⓘ
Interior Salish peoples → associatedLanguage → Okanagan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colville-Okanagan language