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Interior Salish languages
| Interior Salish | |
|---|---|
| Linguistic classification: | Salishan |
| Subdivisions: |
Northern
Southern
|
The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches. The first Salishan people encountered by American explorers were the Flathead people (Selish or seliš), among the most easterly of the group.
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Languages
Main article: Salish languages
- Northern
- Shuswap (AKA Secwepemctsín, səxwəpməxcín)
- Lillooet (AKA Lilloet, St'át'imcets)
- Thompson River Salish (AKA Nlakaʼpamux, Ntlakapmuk, nɬeʔkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier
- Southern
- Coeur d’Alene (AKA Snchitsuʼumshtsn, snčícuʔumšcn)
- Columbia-Moses (AKA Columbia, Nxaʔamxcín)
- Colville-Okanagan (AKA Okanagan, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, ta nukunaqínxcən)
- Montana Salish (Spokane-Kalispel-Flathead, Kalispel–Pend d'Oreille language, Spokane–Kalispel–Bitterroot Salish–Upper Pend d'Oreille)
The Southern Interior Salish languages share many common phonemic values but are separated by both vowel and consonant shifts (for example k k̓ x > č č' š).
Peoples speaking an Interior Salish language
Northern
- Secwepemc, also known as Shuswap, Secwepemctsín, səxwəpməxcín (ʃəxwəpməxtʃín)
- St'at'imc, also known as Lillooet, Stlʼatlʼimx, Stlʼatlʼimc, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc (Stʼatʼimcets, also known as Ucwalmicwts)
- Nlaka'pamux, also known as Thompson River Salish, Ntlakapmuk, Ntleʼkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier times as the Hakamaugh, Klackarpun, Couteau or Knife Indians
Southern
- Colville, Sanpoil, Okanagan, Sinixt (Senjextee, Sin Aikst, or Lakes Band), and Methow all of whom speak nxsəlxcin.
- Entiat, Wenatchi, and Chelan all of whom speak Columbia-Moses, Nxaảmxcín, also known as Sinkiuse-Columbia, Sinkiuse, Columbia.
- Spokane, Kalispel, and the Flathead including the Bitterroot.
- Coeur D'Alene Tribe, also known as Schitsu'umsh or Skitswish (Coeur d'Alene language)
Many speakers and students of these languages live near the city of Spokane and for the past three years have gathered at the Celebrating Salish Conference which is hosted by the Kalsipel Tribe at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino.
See also
Further reading
- Flucke, A. F. Interior Salish. 1952.
- Hanna, Darwin, and Mamie Henry. Our Tellings: Interior Salish Stories of the Nlhaʼkapmx People. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7748-0525-0
- Orser, Brenda I. L. Stem-Initial Pharyngeal Resonants [Symbol for Central Pharyngeal Fricative, Followed by Symbol for Labialized Central Pharyngeal Fricative], in Spokane, Interior Salish. Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1993.
- Pickford, Arthur E. Interior Salish. British Columbia heritage series, v. 3. Victoria, [B.C.]: Province of British Columbia, Dept. of Education, Division of Curriculum, 1971.
