Halkomelem Salish

E434965

Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Upriver Halkomelem 4
Halkomelem Salish canonical 2
kʷikʷəƛ̓əm 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Coast Salish identity ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered ⓘ
ethnicity Coast Salish ⓘ
hasAlternateName Halkomelem Salish ⓘ
Halq’eméylem–Hul’q’umi’num’–hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ ⓘ
hasDialect Halqemeylem ⓘ
linked to: Halq’eméylem

Hulquminum ⓘ
Hunquminum ⓘ
hasISOStatus covered by multiple ISO 639-3 codes for its dialects ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex consonant system ⓘ
lexical suffixes ⓘ
predicate‑initial word order tendencies ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive affixation ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ
university‑based language programs ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature head‑marking tendencies ⓘ
isPartOf Coast Salish linguistic area ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
partOf Salishan language family ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
region Fraser River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River basin

Lower Mainland of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mainland

Vancouver Island ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
subclassOf Central Salish language ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
usedBy Hul’qumi’num‑speaking First Nations ⓘ
Musqueam people ⓘ
Stó꞉lō people ⓘ
linked to: Stó꞉lō
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
traditional place names ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Halkomelem → hasAlternativeName → Halkomelem Salish ⓘ
Kwikwetlem First Nation → peopleName → kʷikʷəƛ̓əm ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Hul’q’umi’num’ → closelyRelatedTo → Upriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Halq’eméylem → alternateName → Upriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem → hasAlternateName → Halkomelem Salish ⓘ
subject linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Sto:lo people → traditionalLanguage → Upriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Coast Salish languages → includeLanguage → Upriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem Salish