Colville-Okanagan

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Colville-Okanagan is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities in parts of Washington State and British Columbia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Syilx Okanagan 4
Colville-Okanagan canonical 2
Colville 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations language ⓘ
Interior Salish language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
alternativeName Colville ⓘ
Colville-Okanagan Salish ⓘ
Nsyilxcn ⓘ
Nsyilxcən ⓘ
Okanagan ⓘ
Okanagan-Colville ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Flathead language ⓘ
Spokane-Kalispel language ⓘ
linked to: Spokane Salish
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
iso639-3Code oka ⓘ
languageBranch Southern Interior Salish ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
revitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
dictionary and curriculum development ⓘ
immersion programs ⓘ
spokenBy Colville people ⓘ
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation members ⓘ
Lower Similkameen Indian Band members ⓘ
Okanagan Indian Band members ⓘ
Okanagan people ⓘ
Osoyoos Indian Band members ⓘ
linked to: Osoyoos Indian Band

Penticton Indian Band members ⓘ
Syilx people ⓘ
Upper Nicola Band members ⓘ
Upper Similkameen Indian Band members ⓘ
Westbank First Nation members ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
subfamily Interior Salish ⓘ
traditionalRegion Colville Reservation area ⓘ
Interior Plateau ⓘ
Okanagan region ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

practical orthography developed by language programs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Salishan languages → hasLanguage → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
Plateau culture area → traditionalInhabitants → Colville ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan
Interior Plateau → inhabitedBy → Syilx Okanagan ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan
Interior Salish peoples → includes → Syilx Okanagan ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan
Nlaka’pamux Nation → hasNeighboringGroup → Syilx Okanagan ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan
Okanagan language → alternateName → Colville-Okanagan ⓘ
Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau → includesTribe → Okanagan (Syilx) ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan
Thompson people → hasNeighboringPeople → Syilx Okanagan ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan