Salishan languages

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
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:Puget_Sound_Salish gptkb:Chief_Dan_George gptkb:Haida_language gptkb:Samish gptkb:Swinomish gptkb:Salish gptkb:Halq'eméylem gptkb:Kalispel gptkb:Methow gptkb:Pend_d'Oreille gptkb:Sanpoil gptkb:Secwepemc gptkb:Stillaguamish gptkb:Wenatchi gptkb:Colville_Indian_Reservation gptkb:Colville_Indian_Reservation,_Washington,_United_States gptkb:Coast_Salish gptkb:Indigenous_languages_of_North_America gptkb:Chinook_Jargon gptkb:Cowlitz gptkb:Cowlitz_people gptkb:Pend_d'Oreilles_people gptkb:Salish_peoples gptkb:Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Pacific_Northwest gptkb:Lummi_Nation gptkb:Nooksack_Tribe gptkb:Lushootseed gptkb:Tillamook_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Salishan languages