Tla’amin language

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The Tla’amin language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Tla’amin people of British Columbia, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language
Salishan language
closelyRelatedTo Comox language NERFINISHED
Homalco language NERFINISHED
Klahoose language
country Canada
culturalSignificance carrier of Tla’amin oral history
key marker of Tla’amin identity
documentation linguistic fieldwork by Salishan specialists
endangermentCause historical assimilation policies
residential school system in Canada
ethnicGroup Tla’amin people NERFINISHED
governingBody Tla’amin Nation government NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Sliammon language NERFINISHED
ɬaʔamɩn language
ɬəʔamɛn language
hasCommunityResource audio recordings of fluent speakers
community dictionaries and word lists
hasDomain oral tradition
hasEducationalUse adult language classes
taught in local schools
hasGlottocode sliam1238
hasISO6393Code coo
hasLinguasphereCode 23-CBC-a
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization
ejective consonants
glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasWordOrder flexible word order
isPartOf Central Salish languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Salishan languages NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology head-marking language
region Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs
documentation and recording projects
language classes in the Tla’amin community
spokenBy Tla’amin Nation members
spokenIn British Columbia NERFINISHED
Canada
status endangered language
subfamily Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED
traditionalTerritory Tla’amin Nation territory
usedFor ceremonial contexts
songs and prayers
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tla’amin Nation hasOfficialLanguage Tla’amin language