Squamish language

E99103
Coast Salish language Indigenous language Native American language endangered language

The Squamish language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language of the Squamish people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its complex consonant system and ongoing revitalization efforts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Squamish orthography 1
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Squamish identity ⓘ
used in ceremonies ⓘ
used in place names ⓘ
used in songs ⓘ
used in traditional stories ⓘ
ethnicGroup Squamish Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Skwxwu7mesh language ⓘ
Squamish language ⓘ
surface form: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim ⓘ
hasFeature aspectual morphology ⓘ
complex consonant system ⓘ
consonant clusters ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
lateral consonants ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing and suffixing morphology ⓘ
pronominal clitics ⓘ
reduplication ⓘ
relatively small vowel inventory ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
stress accent ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
word order flexibility ⓘ
hasOrganization First Nations language revitalization initiatives ⓘ
Squamish Nation language program ⓘ
hasResource audio recordings ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
teaching materials ⓘ
text collections ⓘ
ISO639-3Code squ ⓘ
isPartOf Northwest Coast Sprachbund ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast linguistic area
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
region Howe Sound ⓘ
surface form: Howe Sound region

Squamish Nation territory ⓘ
revitalization community documentation projects ⓘ
community language classes ⓘ
curriculum development ⓘ
dictionary projects ⓘ
digital learning resources ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ
language nests ⓘ
orthography standardization ⓘ
university courses ⓘ
spokenBy Musqueam people ⓘ
surface form: Squamish people
spokenIn Canada ⓘ
Southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
Squamish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Squamish orthography

Referenced by (3)

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

Squamish language → hasAlternativeName → Squamish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language
Coast Salish peoples → hasLanguage → Squamish language ⓘ
Squamish language → writingSystem → Squamish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Squamish orthography