Halkomelem

E97437

Central Coast Salish language Indigenous language of North America Salishan language

Halkomelem is a Central Coast Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, particularly around the lower Fraser River and nearby coastal areas.

Aliases (2)

Halkomelem language ×1
Hul’q’umi’num’ ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Central Coast Salish language → Indigenous language of North America → Salishan language →
associatedPeople	Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations → Musqueam → Stó꞉lō →
country	Canada →
culturalRole	key marker of identity for Stó꞉lō and related Coast Salish peoples →
dialectRegion	Halq’eméylem – upriver Fraser Valley → Hul’q’umi’num’ – Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands → Hun’qumi’num’ – Musqueam and downriver Fraser River area →
endangeredStatus	endangered →
glottocode	halk1245 →
hasAlternativeName	Halkomelem Salish → Halkomelem language →
hasDialect	Halq’eméylem → Hul’q’umi’num’ → Hun’qumi’num’ →
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verb morphology → polysynthetic morphology →
hasPhonologicalFeature	glottalized consonants → rich consonant inventory → uvular consonants →
hasSyntacticFeature	predicate-initial word order tendencies →
ISO639-3Code	hur →
languageFamily	Salishan →
linguisticArea	Northwest Coast Sprachbund →
region	Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED →
revitalizationEfforts	community-based language classes → language nests and immersion programs → university and college courses →
spokenIn	British Columbia → Canada → Lower Fraser River region → coastal areas of the Strait of Georgia → southwestern British Columbia →
subgroupOf	Central Coast Salish →
traditionalTerritoryOf	Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations → Musqueam people NERFINISHED → Stó꞉lō people →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Halkomelem ("Halkomelem language") →	hasAlternativeName
Coast Salish peoples →	hasLanguage
Indigenous languages of Canada ("Hul’q’umi’num’") →	includesLanguage
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples →	languageFamily