Salishan languages

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	lack of grammatical gender use of reduplication verb-initial word order ergative-absolutive alignment in some languages lack of labial consonants in some languages rich aspectual morphology use of glottalized consonants
gptkbp:documentation	extensive linguistic documentation
gptkbp:ethnologueEntry	gptkb:Salishan_languages
gptkbp:firstDescribed	gptkb:Franz_Boas
gptkbp:glottologCode	sali1255
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Salishan languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sal
gptkbp:language	23
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Salishan
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	polysynthetic complex consonant clusters no contrastive tone
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Spokane gptkb:Klallam gptkb:Squamish gptkb:Halkomelem gptkb:Colville-Okanagan gptkb:Comox gptkb:Saanich gptkb:Kalispel–Pend_d'Oreille gptkb:Lushootseed gptkb:Nuxalk gptkb:Shuswap_(Secwepemctsín) gptkb:Thompson_River_Salish_(Nlaka'pamux)
gptkbp:proposedMacroFamily	gptkb:Mosan
gptkbp:region	gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:Idaho gptkb:Oregon gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Wakashan_languages gptkb:Chimakuan_languages
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts	active
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Canada gptkb:Pacific_Northwest gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status	endangered
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Interior_Salish gptkb:Coast_Salish gptkb:Bella_Coola_(Nuxalk) gptkb:Tsamosan
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	critically endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4