Samish dialect

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The Samish dialect is a regional variety of the Northern Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Samish people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Samish dialect canonical 1
Sooke dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWaterBody Puget Sound ⓘ
Salish Sea ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Lummi dialect ⓘ
linked to: Lummi language

Saanich dialect ⓘ
Songhees dialect ⓘ
linked to: Songhees language

Sooke dialect ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endangeredStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Samish Indian Nation ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
ISO639Macrolanguage Straits Salish (Northern Straits) ⓘ
languageBranch Straits Salish ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageFamilyHigher Salishan ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
languageOf Samish culture ⓘ
morphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
partOf Northern Straits language continuum ⓘ
primaryDomain cultural heritage ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
revitalizationEffortsBy Samish Indian Nation ⓘ
spokenIn northwestern Washington State ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
subdivisionOf Northern Straits Salish language ⓘ
subfamily Coast Salish languages ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Samish people ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Fidalgo Island ⓘ
Guemes Island ⓘ
Samish Bay ⓘ
typology polysynthetic language ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
place names ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Northern Straits Salish → hasDialect → Samish dialect ⓘ
Northern Straits Salish → hasDialect → Sooke dialect ⓘ
linked to: Samish dialect