Halkomelem (/ˌhɒlkəˈmeɪləm/; Halq̓eméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ in the Island dialect, and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Downriver dialect) is...
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headed the Halkomelem Language Program at the Coqualeetza Education Training Centre in Sardis, British Columbia. He developed the Stó:lō Halkomelem orthography...
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peoples speaking Halkomelem, or who did so historically (as most living members of those peoples no longer speak them). The term Halkomelem people has been...
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population. The region is the traditional territory of the Sto:lo, a Halkomelem-speaking people of the Coast Salish linguistic and cultural grouping....
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Cowichan Tribes (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
(Halkomelem: Kwa’mutsun) Comiaken (Halkomelem: Qw’umiyiqun) Koksilah (Halkomelem: Xwulqw’selu) Somena (Halkomelem: S’amuna’) Clemclemluts (Halkomelem:...
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(Kwak'wala speaking today) Sliammon Homalco Klahoose Halkomelem-speaking Hulquminum (Island Halkomelem): Hwlitsum (Lamalcha or Lamalchi) Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo)...
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overview Salishan Nuxalk Nuxalk Coast Salish Central Coast Salish Comox Halkomelem Lushootseed † Nooksack † Pentlatch † Sechelt Squamish Straits Salish group...
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Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora Wyandot Salishan Bella Coola Comox Halkomelem Lillooet Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan...
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incorporated nouns. Gerdts (2003) gives examples of lexical suffixes in the Halkomelem language (the word order here is verb–subject–object): In sentence (1)...
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used in Cypriot Arabic, Gros Ventre, Comox, Fox, Thompson, Tuscarora, Halkomelem, Wakhi, Yavapai, Havasupai–Hualapai, and Romani. It also historically...
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Verb–object–subject word order (section Halkomelem)
flexible word order, and one of its grammatical possibilities is VOS. Halkomelem, an aboriginal language in British Columbia, has the same basic characteristics...
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the Abenaki language of Quebec, and in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ dialect of Halkomelem. Both the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the...
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Vancouver Island. They speak Hul’q’umi’num’, which is 1 of 3 branches of the Halkomelem dialect spoken from Nanoose to Oregon. The Snaw-naw-as are named after...
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thought to have been [t͡s]. Theta itself is used alongside Latin letters in Halkomelem, an indigenous North American language. The early Cyrillic letter fita...
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Coast Salish languages (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem (Halq̓eméylem)[citation needed] Downriver Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓)[citation needed] Island Halkomelem (Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓)[citation...
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Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Halkomelem: səlilwətaɬ, IPA: [səlilwətaɬ]), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First...
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Kwantlen First Nation (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
Kwantlen First Nation (Halkomelem: qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓) is a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada, located primarily on McMillan Island near...
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Douglas fir (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
to Abies magnifica). One Coast Salish name for the tree, used in the Halkomelem language, is lá:yelhp. In the Lushootseed language, the tree is called...
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Copenhagen Authority (HUR), a former Danish regional development organisation Halkomelem language, ISO 639-3 language code hur Handball Union of Russia (HUR) ELAV-like...
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of Washington state. Squamish is most closely related to the Sechelt, Halkomelem, and Nooksack languages. The Squamish language was first documented in...
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Burrard Inlet (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
Burrard Inlet (Halkomelem: səl̓ilw̓ət) is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. Formed during the last Ice...
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Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora Wyandot Salishan Bella Coola Comox Halkomelem Lillooet Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan...
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where Vancouver is currently located was referred to in contemporary Halkomelem as Lhq’á:lets, meaning "wide at the bottom/end". Europeans became acquainted...
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Northeastern Pomo Northern Pomo Salishan Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Moses Halkomelem Klallam Lushootseed Nooksack North Straits Salish Okanagan Salish Thompson...
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Mount Baker (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
snow-covered mountain." Other Indigenous peoples, such as the Lummi or Halkomelem-speaking peoples, use names for the mountain borrowed from the Nooksack...
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Donna B. Gerdts (Halkomelem: Sp’aqw’um’ultunaat) is professor of linguistics and associate director of the First Nations Languages Program at Simon Fraser...
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Fraser River (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
the Halqemeylem (Upriver Halkomelem) language is Sto:lo, often seen archaically as Staulo, and has been adopted by the Halkomelem-speaking peoples of the...
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Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora Wyandot Salishan Bella Coola Comox Halkomelem Lillooet Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan...
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Chuckwalla (definition) from Cahuilla čáxwal. Coho (definition) from Halkomelem k̉ʷə́xʷəθ ([kʷʼəxʷəθ]). Coontie (definition) from Creek conti hetaka....
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Etchemin, Eyeri, Fox, Garza, Gashowu, Gros Ventre, Gullah, Halchidhoma, Halkomelem, Hanis, Havasupai, Havasupai–Hualapai, Hawaiian Pidgin, Hidatsa, Hitchiti...
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