Halkomelem

E97437

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Halkomelem canonical 6
Halkomelem language 3
Downriver Halkomelem 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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