Shuswap language
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Shuswap ʃəxwəpməxtʃín |
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Spoken in: | Canada | |
Region: | southern interior British Columbia | |
Total speakers: | 500 | |
Language family: | Salishan Interior Salish Northern Shuswap |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | — | |
ISO 639-3: | shs | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
The Shuswap language, known to its speakers as Secwepemctsín [ʃəxwəpməxtʃín], is the traditional language of the Shuswap people of the southern interior of British Columbia.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue entry
- First Nations Languages of British Columbia entry
- Map of Northwest Coast First Nations