Lillooet language
E926907
First Nations language
Indigenous language
Interior Salish language
Salishan language
endangered language
The Lillooet language is an Interior Salishan Indigenous language of southwestern British Columbia, spoken traditionally by the Stʼatʼimc (Lillooet) people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lillooet language canonical | 3 |
| Lillooet language (St'át'imcets) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305001 — 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: Lillooet language Context triple: [Interior Salish peoples, associatedLanguage, Lillooet language]
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A.
Okanagan language
The Okanagan language is an Interior Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Syilx (Okanagan) people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and northern Washington State, USA.
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B.
Sechelt language
The Sechelt language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally spoken by the shíshálh (Sechelt) people of British Columbia, Canada.
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C.
Kootenay language
Kootenay language is an endangered Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kootenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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D.
Shuswap language
The Shuswap language is an Indigenous North American language spoken by the Secwepemc people of British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Tagish language
Tagish is an endangered Northern Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of the Yukon in northwestern Canada.
- 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: Lillooet language Target entity description: The Lillooet language is an Interior Salishan Indigenous language of southwestern British Columbia, spoken traditionally by the Stʼatʼimc (Lillooet) people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
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A.
Okanagan language
The Okanagan language is an Interior Salish Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Syilx (Okanagan) people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and northern Washington State, USA.
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B.
Sechelt language
The Sechelt language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally spoken by the shíshálh (Sechelt) people of British Columbia, Canada.
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C.
Kootenay language
Kootenay language is an endangered Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Ktunaxa (Kootenai) people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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D.
Shuswap language
The Shuswap language is an Indigenous North American language spoken by the Secwepemc people of British Columbia, Canada.
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E.
Tagish language
Tagish is an endangered Northern Athabaskan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Tagish people of the Yukon in northwestern Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ Interior Salish language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Lillooet Salish
ⓘ
linked to:
Thompson Salish
Stʼatʼimcets language ⓘ Stʼátʼimcets ⓘ
linked to:
Stʼatʼimcets
|
| autonym | Stʼatʼimcets ⓘ |
| branch |
Northern Interior Salish
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Interior Salish languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Shuswap language
ⓘ
Thompson River Salish language ⓘ
linked to:
Shuswap language
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
key marker of Stʼatʼimc identity
ⓘ
medium for traditional stories and songs ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Henry Davis
ⓘ
linguist Jan van Eijk ⓘ |
| documentedIn | grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Lillooet people
ⓘ
linked to:
Lillooet (St'át'imc) people
Stʼatʼimc people ⓘ |
| family |
Salishan
ⓘ
linked to:
Salishan languages
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | lil ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
ergative-like alignment patterns
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| region | southwestern British Columbia ⓘ |
| revitalizationActivity |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
curriculum development in local schools ⓘ documentation and recording of elders ⓘ immersion and language nests ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bridge River area, British Columbia
ⓘ
Lillooet, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to:
Lillooet
Mount Currie, British Columbia ⓘ Seton Lake area, British Columbia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | human language ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Interior Salish
ⓘ
linked to:
Interior Salish languages
|
| traditionalTerritory |
Fraser River valley in British Columbia
ⓘ
linked to:
Fraser River basin
Lillooet region of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to:
Lillooet region
|
| usedBy | Stʼatʼimc communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
practical orthography using diacritics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lillooet language Description of subject: The Lillooet language is an Interior Salishan Indigenous language of southwestern British Columbia, spoken traditionally by the Stʼatʼimc (Lillooet) people and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lillooet language