Sechelt language
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| Sechelt | |
|---|---|
| Sháshíshálh | |
| Pronunciation | [ʃaʃiʃaɬ] |
| Spoken in | Canada |
| Region | British Columbia |
| Ethnicity | 600 Sechelt people |
| Native speakers | 40 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sec |
The Sháshíshálh language, also called Shashishalhem (šášíšáɬəm) and the Sechelt language, is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Shishalh (Sechelt) people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in the Sechelt Peninsula area of the Sunshine Coast.
As of 1999, the language was spoken by fewer than 40 elderly people.[1] A grammar of the language by linguist Ron Beaumont was published in 1985.[2]
Sháshíshálh is most closely related to Sḵwxwú7mesh (known in English as Squamish), Halkomelem, and the Nooksack.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 487. ISBN 9780521298759.
- ^ Beaumont, Ron (1985). She Shashishalhem, the Sechelt Language: Language, stories, and sayings of the Sechelt Indian people of British Columbia. Penticton, B. C.: Theytus Books.
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