Lillooet language
E926907
First Nations language
Indigenous language
Interior Salish language
Salishan language
endangered language
The Lillooet language is an Interior Salishan Indigenous language of southwestern British Columbia, spoken traditionally by the Stʼatʼimc (Lillooet) people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lillooet language canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Interior Salish language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Lillooet Salish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stʼatʼimcets language NERFINISHED ⓘ Stʼátʼimcets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| autonym | Stʼatʼimcets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Northern Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Shuswap language
ⓘ
Thompson River Salish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
key marker of Stʼatʼimc identity
ⓘ
medium for traditional stories and songs ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Henry Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
linguist Jan van Eijk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Lillooet people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stʼatʼimc people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Salishan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | lil ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
ergative-like alignment patterns
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| region | southwestern British Columbia ⓘ |
| revitalizationActivity |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
curriculum development in local schools ⓘ documentation and recording of elders ⓘ immersion and language nests ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bridge River area, British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lillooet, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Currie, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Seton Lake area, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | human language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Interior Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Fraser River valley in British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lillooet region of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Stʼatʼimc communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
practical orthography using diacritics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.