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.

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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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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’