Klallam language

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The Klallam language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally spoken by the Klallam (S'Klallam) people of the Strait of Juan de Fuca region in Washington State and Vancouver Island.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Klallam language canonical 6
S’Klallam language 2
Clallam language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language
Indigenous language
Native American language
endangered language
alternativeName Clallam language
linked to: Klallam language

S'Klallam language
linked to: Klallam language
closelyRelatedTo North Straits Salish languages
Straits Salish languages
country Canada
United States
culturalSignificance key marker of Klallam identity
documentedBy Timothy Montler
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Beecher Bay First Nation
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
hasOrthography standardized practical orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
ejective consonants
glottalized consonants
stress accent
hasResource Klallam language dictionary
Klallam language grammar
Klallam language teaching materials
historicalStatus primary language of Klallam communities before English dominance
languageFamily Salishan languages
languageShiftTo English
morphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
region Strait of Juan de Fuca
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
revitalizationEffort community language classes
school-based language programs
university collaboration
spokenBy Klallam people
S'Klallam people
subfamily Central Coast Salish languages
taughtAt public schools in Klallam communities
tribal education programs
university courses in the Pacific Northwest
traditionalRegion Olympic Peninsula
Vancouver Island
Washington State
usedIn cultural ceremonies
songs
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

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

Northern Straits Salish closelyRelatedTo Klallam language
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe reservation hasAssociatedLanguage S’Klallam language
linked to: Klallam language
Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples language Klallam language
Lekwungen language relatedTo Klallam language
Klallam language alternativeName S'Klallam language
linked to: Klallam language
Klallam language alternativeName Clallam language
linked to: Klallam language
S’Klallam language Klallam language
Makah neighboringLanguages Klallam language
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe hasTraditionalLanguage S’Klallam language
linked to: Klallam language