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 (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4241961 — 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.
Target entity: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ Context triple: [Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples, hasDialect, Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’]
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Dxʷdəwʔabš
Dxʷdəwʔabš is the endonym of the Duwamish people, a Coast Salish Native American tribe indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area.
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Si’ahl
Si’ahl, also known as Chief Seattle, was a prominent 19th-century Duwamish and Suquamish leader in the Pacific Northwest whose name is the origin of the city of Seattle.
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Wetʼsuwetʼen
The Wetʼsuwetʼen are an Indigenous First Nations people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct governance system, language, and territory along the Bulkley and Morice rivers.
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Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is a Secwépemc (Shuswap) First Nation whose traditional territory includes the area around present-day Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada.
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Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt was a prominent 19th-century Nez Perce leader renowned for his resistance to U.S. government displacement and his eloquent advocacy for his people's rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Dxʷdəwʔabš
Dxʷdəwʔabš is the endonym of the Duwamish people, a Coast Salish Native American tribe indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area.
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B.
Si’ahl
Si’ahl, also known as Chief Seattle, was a prominent 19th-century Duwamish and Suquamish leader in the Pacific Northwest whose name is the origin of the city of Seattle.
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C.
Wetʼsuwetʼen
The Wetʼsuwetʼen are an Indigenous First Nations people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct governance system, language, and territory along the Bulkley and Morice rivers.
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D.
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is a Secwépemc (Shuswap) First Nation whose traditional territory includes the area around present-day Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt was a prominent 19th-century Nez Perce leader renowned for his resistance to U.S. government displacement and his eloquent advocacy for his people's rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Downriver Halkomelem (Hul’q’umi’num’ variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fraser River Indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Island Hul’q’umi’num’
ⓘ
Upriver Halkomelem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| geographicQualifier | downriver ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Coast Salish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Coast Salish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Hul’q’umi’num’ dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | lower reaches of the Fraser River ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith | other Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | lower Fraser River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Hul’q’umi’num’ Coast Salish language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language revitalization efforts
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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 alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ Description of subject: 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.
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