Colville-Okanagan Salish
E1420231
UNEXPLORED
Colville-Okanagan Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities in north-central Washington State and southern British Columbia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colville-Okanagan Salish canonical | 1 |
| Nsyilxcən | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20264801 — 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: Colville-Okanagan Salish Context triple: [Colville-Okanagan, alternativeName, Colville-Okanagan Salish]
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A.
Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.
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B.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Tsilhqot’in people of central British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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E.
Central Coast Salish
Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
- 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: Colville-Okanagan Salish Target entity description: Colville-Okanagan Salish is an Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities in north-central Washington State and southern British Columbia.
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A.
Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.
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B.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Tsilhqot’in people of central British Columbia, Canada.
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D.
Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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E.
Central Coast Salish
Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Colville-Okanagan Salish