Colville-Okanagan

E498935
First Nations language Interior Salish language indigenous language

Colville-Okanagan is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of Washington State and British Columbia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Syilx Okanagan 3
Colville 1
Colville-Okanagan canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language ⓘ
Interior Salish language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
alternativeName Colville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colville-Okanagan Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nsyilxcn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nsyilxcən NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okanagan-Colville NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Flathead language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spokane-Kalispel language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
iso639-3Code oka ⓘ
languageBranch Southern Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
revitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
dictionary and curriculum development ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ
spokenBy Colville people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation members ⓘ
Lower Similkameen Indian Band members ⓘ
Okanagan Indian Band members ⓘ
Okanagan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osoyoos Indian Band members NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penticton Indian Band members ⓘ
Syilx people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Nicola Band members NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Similkameen Indian Band members ⓘ
Westbank First Nation members ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalRegion Colville Reservation area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interior Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okanagan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

practical orthography developed by language programs ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Salishan languages → hasLanguage → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
Plateau culture area → traditionalInhabitants → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colville
Interior Plateau → inhabitedBy → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syilx Okanagan
Interior Salish peoples → includes → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syilx Okanagan
Nlaka’pamux Nation → hasNeighboringGroup → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syilx Okanagan