Northwest Coast languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:characterizedBy polysynthetic structure
complex morphology
use of prefixes and suffixes
gptkbp:code Distinctive phonemes
Tone in some languages
gptkbp:hasCharacter Several thousand speakers
gptkbp:hasCitations Chinook dialects
Coast_Salish_dialects
Tsimshian_dialects
Wakashan_dialects
gptkbp:hasFilm Agglutinative morphology
Incorporation of nouns into verbs
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance Cultural_heritage_of_Indigenous_peoples
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn English_vocabulary_in_the_region
gptkbp:hasLanguage gptkb:Salish_family
gptkb:Wakashan_family
Yes
Chinookan_family
Tsimshian_family
gptkbp:hasSpecialty Syllabics
Latin_script
gptkbp:hasVariants Many_cognates_with_other_Indigenous_languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Northwest Coast languages
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Wakashan_languages
gptkb:Tsimshian_languages
gptkb:Haida_language
Salishan languages
Chinookan_languages
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn Dictionaries
Audio recordings
Grammatical descriptions
Video documentation
Linguistic_fieldwork
gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy Many languages are endangered
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy gptkb:Spanish
English
French
Colonial languages
gptkbp:isPartOf Indigenous language preservation efforts
North_American_Indigenous_languages
Linguistic_diversity_in_North_America
gptkbp:isRelatedTo Indigenous_cultures_of_the_Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:isServedBy Community initiatives
Cultural organizations
Online resources
Language nests
gptkbp:isStudiedIn Linguists
gptkbp:isTaughtIn Some schools
gptkbp:isUsedIn Community events
Cultural education
Social media
Cultural festivals
Traditional storytelling
Art and music
Modern media
Ceremonial_practices
gptkbp:publishedIn Northwest_Coast_of_North_America