Shuswap language

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Shuswap
ʃəxwəpməxtʃín
Spoken in: Canada 
Region: southern interior British Columbia
Total speakers: 500
Language family: Salishan
 Interior Salish
  Northern
   Shuswap
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: shs 
A stop sign in both English and Secwepemctsín (Shuswwap) on the Bonaparte/Stuctwesemc Reserve.
A stop sign in both English and Secwepemctsín (Shuswwap) on the Bonaparte/Stuctwesemc Reserve.

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.

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