Sḵwxwú7mesh language
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| Squamish Sḵwxwú7mesh snichim |
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| Spoken in: | Canada | |
| Region: | British Columbia | |
| Total speakers: | 30-40 | |
| Language family: | Salishan Squamish |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
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| ISO 639-3: | squ | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Sḵwxwú7mesh language, also called the Squamish language and, properly, Sḵwxwú7mesh snichim, is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in the town of Squamish and the city of North Vancouver. NB An archaic historical rendering of Sḵwxwú7mesh is Sko-ko-mish but this should not be confused with the name of the Skokomish people of Washington state.
Sḵwxwú7mesh snichim (snichim means "language") is most closely related to the Shishalh (Sechelt) language and Sháshíshálh, Halkomelem and Nooksack (see Nowxs'a7aq language).
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