Halkomelem Salish

E434965

Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Upriver Halkomelem 4
Halkomelem Salish canonical 2
kʷikʷəƛ̓əm 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language
Indigenous language
Salishan language
country Canada
culturalSignificance central to Coast Salish identity
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnicity Coast Salish
hasAlternateName Halkomelem Salish
Halq’eméylem–Hul’q’umi’num’–hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
hasDialect Halqemeylem
linked to: Halq’eméylem

Hulquminum
Hunquminum
hasISOStatus covered by multiple ISO 639-3 codes for its dialects
hasLinguisticFeature complex consonant system
lexical suffixes
predicate‑initial word order tendencies
rich consonant inventory
vowel length contrast
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive affixation
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants
uvular consonants
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes
language documentation projects
university‑based language programs
hasSyntacticFeature head‑marking tendencies
isPartOf Coast Salish linguistic area
languageFamily Salishan
linked to: Salishan languages
partOf Salishan language family
linked to: Salishan languages
region Fraser River Valley
linked to: Fraser River basin

Lower Mainland of British Columbia
linked to: Lower Mainland

Vancouver Island
spokenIn British Columbia
Canada
Southwestern British Columbia
subclassOf Central Salish language
traditionalTerritoryOf Coast Salish peoples
usedBy Hul’qumi’num‑speaking First Nations
Musqueam people
Stó꞉lō people
linked to: Stó꞉lō
usedIn ceremonial contexts
oral traditions
traditional place names
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Halkomelem hasAlternativeName Halkomelem Salish
Kwikwetlem First Nation peopleName kʷikʷəƛ̓əm
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Hul’q’umi’num’ closelyRelatedTo Upriver Halkomelem
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Halq’eméylem alternateName Upriver Halkomelem
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem hasAlternateName Halkomelem Salish
subject linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Sto:lo people traditionalLanguage Upriver Halkomelem
linked to: Halkomelem Salish
Coast Salish languages includeLanguage Upriver Halkomelem
linked to: Halkomelem Salish