North Straits Salish language
| North Straits Salish | |
|---|---|
| Region | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; Washington, United States |
Native speakers | 12 (2007–2014)[1] |
Salishan
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | str |
| Glottolog | stra1244 |
| ELP | Northern Straits Salish |
North Straits Salish is a Salish language which includes the dialects of
- Lummi (also known as Xwlemiʼchosen, xʷləmiʔčósən) (†)
- Saanich (also known as SENĆOŦEN, sənčáθən, sénəčqən)
- Samish (also known as Siʔneməš) (†)
- Semiahmoo (SEMYOME) (also known as Tah-tu-lo) (†)
- T'sou-ke or Sooke (also known as Tʼsou-ke, c̓awk) (†)
- Songhees (also known as Lək̓ʷəŋín̓əŋ or Lekwungen or Songish), three speakers (2011)[2]
Although they are mutually intelligible, each dialect is traditionally referred to as if it were a separate language, and there is no native term to encompass them all.
North Straits, along with Klallam, forms the Straits Salish branch of the Central Coast Salish languages. Klallam and North Straits are very closely related, but not mutually intelligible.
See Saanich dialect for the phonology.
See also
- Laurence C. Thompson; M. Terry Thompson; Barbara S. Efrat (1974). "Some Phonological Developments in Straits Salish". International Journal of American Linguistics. 40 (3): 182–196. doi:10.1086/465311.
- Timothy Montler (1999). "Language and dialect variation in Straits Salishan". Anthropological Linguistics. 41 (4): 462–502.
References
- ^ North Straits Salish at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Patterson, Travis (2011-06-01). "Traditional language comes alive on breakwater". Victoria News. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
