Semiahmoo dialect

E458898

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Semiahmoo dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
alignment nominative–accusative ⓘ
associatedCommunity Semiahmoo Indian Reserve ⓘ
associatedFirstNation Semiahmoo First Nation ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Coast cultures ⓘ
ethnicGroup Semiahmoo people ⓘ
hasTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
languageBranch Coast Salish languages ⓘ
languageEndangermentCause English language dominance ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
macroArea Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ
morphologyType polysynthetic ⓘ
neighboringVarietyOf Lummi dialect ⓘ
linked to: Lummi language

Saanich dialect ⓘ
Samish dialect ⓘ
Songhees dialect ⓘ
linked to: Songhees language

Sooke dialect ⓘ
partOf Northern Straits Salish language ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
primaryProvinceOrState British Columbia ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
relatedTo Lummi dialect ⓘ
Saanich dialect ⓘ
Samish dialect ⓘ
Songhees dialect ⓘ
linked to: Songhees language

Sooke dialect ⓘ
spokenAlong Strait of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia Strait
spokenNear Boundary Bay ⓘ
Semiahmoo Bay ⓘ
subdivisionOf Northern Straits Salish language ⓘ
subfamily Straits Salish ⓘ
traditionalLanguageOf Semiahmoo people ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Semiahmoo people ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Americanist phonetic notation ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Northern Straits Salish → hasDialect → Semiahmoo dialect ⓘ