Thompson River Salish
E496892
Thompson River Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nlaka'pamux people of British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thompson River Salish canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interior Salish language
ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Nlaka'pamuctsin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ntlakapmuk NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Nlaka'pamux Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Nlaka'pamux identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists specializing in Salishan languages ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nlaka'pamux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | thom1248 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | practical orthographies developed in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | thp ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Pacific Northwest linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Lillooet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Interior Salish subgroup of the Salishan family ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | south-central British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Thompson River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
language classes in Nlaka'pamux communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Salishan language ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Nlaka'pamux people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nlaka'pamux communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| usedIn | community signage in some Nlaka'pamux areas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.