Halkomelem
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[edit]Halkomelem
- A Central Salishan language spoken around the Lower Fraser River and on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, by the Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh First Nations downriver, by the Aitchelitz, Skway, Skowkale, Soowahlie, Squiala, Tzeachten, and Yakweakwioose First Nations upriver, and by the Cowichan, Halalt, Lamalchi, Lyackson, Penelakut, Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as, Stzꞌuminus, and Tsꞌuubaa-asatx on Vancouver Island.
- 2016 June 15, Cara McKenna, “Language Keeper: The last fluent speaker of Stó:lō’s Indigenous dialect in race against time”, in APTN News[1]:
- At 77, she’s the last known fluent speaker of the Stó:lō Nation’s Upriver Halkomelem language (also called Halq’eméylem) – a Salish dialect that’s related to two other Halkomelem dialects, but distinct to the Stó:lō people.
- 2020 February 8, Wawmeesh Hamilton, “Urban Cree reclaim their heritage by learning the most common Indigenous language in Metro Vancouver”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
- In the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleilwaututh First Nations, the most commonly understood Indigenous mother tongue isn't Halkomelem. It's Cree, according to Statistics Canada.
Hypernyms
[edit]- Downriver Halkomelem, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, hən'q'əmin'əm'
- Island Halkomelem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, Hul'q'umi'num'
- Upriver Halkomelem, Halq'eméylem
Translations
[edit]Central Salishan language
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