Halkomelem

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Halkomelem is a Central Coast Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, particularly around the lower Fraser River and nearby coastal areas.

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Generate an image of Halkomelem (Halkomelem is a Central Coast Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, particularly around the lower Fraser River and nearby coastal areas.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Coast Salish language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ
associatedPeople Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations ⓘ
Musqueam ⓘ
Stó꞉lō ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRole key marker of identity for Stó꞉lō and related Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
dialectRegion Halq’eméylem – upriver Fraser Valley ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ – Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands ⓘ
Hun’qumi’num’ – Musqueam and downriver Fraser River area ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered ⓘ
glottocode halk1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Halkomelem Salish ⓘ
Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
hasDialect Halq’eméylem ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
Hun’qumi’num’ ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ
ISO639-3Code hur ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
linguisticArea Northwest Coast Sprachbund ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
revitalizationEfforts community-based language classes ⓘ
language nests and immersion programs ⓘ
university and college courses ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Lower Fraser River region ⓘ
linked to: Fraser Valley

coastal areas of the Strait of Georgia ⓘ
southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
subgroupOf Central Coast Salish ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations ⓘ
Musqueam people ⓘ
Stó꞉lō people ⓘ
linked to: Stó:lō people
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (34)

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

Coast Salish peoples → hasLanguage → Halkomelem ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Halkomelem → hasAlternativeName → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Musqueam people → language → hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Nooksack language → closelyRelatedTo → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Tsleil-Waututh Nation → mainLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Salishan languages → hasLanguage → Halkomelem ⓘ
Katzie First Nation → traditionalLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Kwikwetlem First Nation → primaryLanguage → hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Coquitlam → languageOrigin → Halkomelem ⓘ
Stó:lō people → hasLanguage → Halkomelem ⓘ
Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) → closelyRelatedTo → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Hun’qumi’num’ → dialectOf → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Halq’eméylem → subdivisionOf → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Halq’eméylem → dialectOf → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Stó꞉lō → usesLanguage → Halkomelem ⓘ
sháshíshálh language → closelyRelatedTo → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Coast Salish languages → includeLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Burrard Band → hasLanguage → Halkomelem ⓘ
Burrard Band → hasLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Nuxalk language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
People of the Inlet → language → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Tsawwassen people → traditionalLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Semiahmoo people → hasLanguage → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Átl’ka7tsem → hasIndigenousNameIn → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem
Chehalis language → relatedTo → Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem