Salish languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Salish_languages

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Salishan_languages
gptkbp:class	indigenous languages of North America
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	complex consonant clusters no contrastive tone lack of nasal consonants rich inventory of lateral consonants
gptkbp:endangeredStatus	severely endangered
gptkbp:firstDocumented	19th century
gptkbp:glottologCode	sali1255
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Salish languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sal
gptkbp:language	23
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Salishan
gptkbp:linguisticTypology	agglutinative polysynthetic
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Spokane gptkb:Thompson gptkb:Squamish gptkb:Shuswap gptkb:Colville-Okanagan gptkb:Comox gptkb:Saanich gptkb:Kalispel–Pend_d'Oreille gptkb:Lushootseed gptkb:Nuxalk Bela Coola
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:David_Robertson gptkb:Franz_Boas gptkb:Marianne_Mithun gptkb:Morris_Swadesh gptkb:Paul_Kroskrity Aert H. Kuipers William Elmendorf
gptkbp:region	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Wakashan_languages gptkb:Chimakuan_languages
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts	active
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Idaho gptkb:Oregon gptkb:Pacific_Northwest gptkb:United_States gptkb:Washington gptkb:Salish_peoples
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Salishan_languages
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Leora_Bar-el gptkb:Lisa_Matthewson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7