Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish
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The Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language variety traditionally spoken by the Songhees people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17381248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish Context triple: [Saanich dialect, neighboringVarieties, Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish]
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A.
Pacheedaht dialect
The Pacheedaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Pacheedaht First Nation on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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B.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
Salishan languages
The Salishan languages are a family of Indigenous languages spoken by various First Nations and Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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D.
Hesquiaht dialect
The Hesquiaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Hesquiaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect
The Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish Target entity description: The Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language variety traditionally spoken by the Songhees people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Pacheedaht dialect
The Pacheedaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Pacheedaht First Nation on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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B.
Nooksack language
The Nooksack language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Nooksack people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
Salishan languages
The Salishan languages are a family of Indigenous languages spoken by various First Nations and Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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D.
Hesquiaht dialect
The Hesquiaht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Hesquiaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect
The Kyuquot-Cheklesahht dialect is a regional variety of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language traditionally spoken by the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.