Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’

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Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ is a regional dialect of the Hul’q’umi’num’ Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities living along the lower reaches of the Fraser River in British Columbia.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Downriver Halkomelem (Hul’q’umi’num’ variety) ⓘ
associatedWith Fraser River Indigenous cultures ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Island Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
Upriver Halkomelem ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language variety ⓘ
geographicQualifier downriver ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages

Proto-Salish ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
hasCulturalRole maintenance of Indigenous identity along the lower Fraser River ⓘ
hasDomain ceremonial speech ⓘ
everyday conversation ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasOrthographicStandardization partially standardized ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature predicate-initial word order tendency ⓘ
hasType spoken language variety ⓘ
isVarietyOf Halkomelem ⓘ
languageFamily Coast Salish ⓘ
Salishan languages ⓘ
partOf Hul’q’umi’num’ dialect continuum ⓘ
region lower reaches of the Fraser River ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith other Coast Salish languages ⓘ
spokenAlong lower Fraser River ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
subdivisionOf Hul’q’umi’num’ Coast Salish language ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ language ⓘ
subjectOf language revitalization efforts ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Indigenous communities along the lower Fraser River ⓘ
usedBy First Nations communities in the lower Fraser River area ⓘ
usedIn community-based language programs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples → hasDialect → Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ → hasDialects → Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ → closelyRelatedTo → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’
Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ → alsoKnownAs → Downriver Halkomelem (Hul’q’umi’num’ variety) ⓘ
linked to: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’
Hun’qumi’num’ → closelyRelatedTo → Downriver Halkomelem ⓘ
linked to: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’
Halq’eméylem → closelyRelatedTo → Hun’qumi’num’ (Downriver Halkomelem) ⓘ
linked to: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’
Seymour Creek Indian Reserve No. 2 → hasIndigenousLanguage → Downriver Halkomelem dialect ⓘ
linked to: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’