Columbia-Moses language

Columbia-Moses
Columbia-Wenatchi
Nxaảmxcín
Spoken in United States of America
Region northern Idaho
Ethnicity 500?
Native speakers 75  (1990)
Language family
Salishan
Dialects
Columbian
Wenatchi
Language codes
ISO 639-3 col

Columbia-Moses, or Columbia-Wenatchi, is a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers of currently reside on the Colville Indian Reservation

There are two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi is the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.

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