Noxws'a7aq language

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The Noxws'a7aq language, also known as the Nooksack language, is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Noxws'a7aq people of northwestern Washington state in the United States, centred in Whatcom County.

The Nooksack language belonged to the Coast Salishan family of Native American but became extinct around 1988. In the 1970s the Salishan linguist Brent Galloway worked closely with the last remaining fluent speaker and is currently completing a dictionary of the language.

Noxws'a7aq is most closely related to Sḵwxwú7mesh snichim (known in English as Squamish), the Shishalh (Sechelt) language (see sháshíshálh), and Halkomelem, which are all spoken in nearby parts of British Columbia, Canada.

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Nooksack Tribe page

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