Also Known As:
SENĆOŦEN/Malchosen/Lekwungen/Semiahmoo/T’Sou-ke, Malchosen, Lekwungen, Semiahmoo, T'Sou-ke, Salish (Straits), Straits Salish, Straits, Songish, Lkungen
Dialects & Varieties
- Saanich
- Samish
- Lummi
- Songhees
- Sooke
- Semiahmoo
- SENĆOŦEN
North America
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<20
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
~105
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada;
Location Description
Southern tip of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, and the mainland immediately to the south of the US-Canadian border.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
XwS7ámesh is the tradtional name for the dialect commonly known as Samish, a dialect of Northen Stra
A portal leading to various resources to help one learn the Saanich dialect of North Coast Salish.
The wikipedia page for the Saanich dialect of the Northern Coast Salish language, otherwise known as
