Tla’amin language
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The Tla’amin language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Tla’amin people of British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tla’amin language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6142032 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tla’amin language Context triple: [Tla’amin Nation, hasOfficialLanguage, Tla’amin language]
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A.
Lhaq’temish language
The Lhaq’temish language is a Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of the Pacific Northwest Coast in what is now Washington State.
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B.
Tlicho language
Tlicho language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Ktunaxa language
Ktunaxa language is an isolate Indigenous language spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, primarily in southeastern British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.
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E.
Kathlamet language
The Kathlamet language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Kathlamet people along the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tla’amin language Target entity description: The Tla’amin language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Tla’amin people of British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
Lhaq’temish language
The Lhaq’temish language is a Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of the Pacific Northwest Coast in what is now Washington State.
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B.
Tlicho language
Tlicho language is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) people of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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C.
Walapai language
The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.
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D.
Ktunaxa language
Ktunaxa language is an isolate Indigenous language spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kutenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, primarily in southeastern British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.
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E.
Kathlamet language
The Kathlamet language is an extinct Chinookan language once spoken by the Kathlamet people along the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language
ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Comox language
ⓘ
Homalco language ⓘ Klahoose language ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
carrier of Tla’amin oral history
ⓘ
key marker of Tla’amin identity ⓘ |
| documentation | linguistic fieldwork by Salishan specialists ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
historical assimilation policies
ⓘ
residential school system in Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tla’amin people ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Tla’amin Nation government
ⓘ
linked to:
Tla’amin Nation
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Sliammon language
ⓘ
ɬaʔamɩn language ⓘ ɬəʔamɛn language ⓘ |
| hasCommunityResource |
audio recordings of fluent speakers
ⓘ
community dictionaries and word lists ⓘ |
| hasDomain | oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
adult language classes
ⓘ
taught in local schools ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sliam1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | coo ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 23-CBC-a ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Central Salish languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Coast Salish languages
|
| languageFamily | Salishan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | head-marking language ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest Coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest
|
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ language classes in the Tla’amin community ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tla’amin Nation members ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Tla’amin Nation territory ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
songs and prayers ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tla’amin language Description of subject: The Tla’amin language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language traditionally spoken by the Tla’amin people of British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.