Thompson language
E917044
Thompson language is an Interior Salishan Indigenous language of southwestern British Columbia, traditionally spoken by the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thompson language canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language of North America
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Interior Salish language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Nlaka'pamuctsin
NERFINISHED
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Ntlakapmuk language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson River Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Nlaka'pamux Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalSphere | Plateau cultural area of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Northern Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| documentedIn | grammars and dictionaries by field linguists ⓘ |
| endonym | Nlaka'pamuctsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | thp ⓘ |
| exonym | Thompson language ⓘ |
| glottocode | thom1248 ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties along the Fraser and Thompson rivers ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
ergative‑like alignment patterns in some constructions
ⓘ
head‑marking ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate‑initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | thp ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Lillooet language (St'át'imcets)
NERFINISHED
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Okanagan language (Nsyilxcən) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap language (Secwepemctsín) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southwestern British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community‑based language classes
ⓘ
curriculum development in Nlaka'pamux communities ⓘ language documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Nlaka'pamux people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Fraser River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | research in Salishan linguistics ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Nlaka'pamux traditional lands in interior British Columbia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
everyday communication among elders ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.