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    The Pentlatch, Pentl’ach, Puntlatch, Puntlatsh or Puntledge language is a Salishan language that was spoken on Canada's Vancouver Island in a small area...
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    Salish Central Coast Salish Comox Halkomelem Lushootseed † Nooksack † Pentlatch † Sechelt Squamish Straits Salish group Klallam † Northern Straits Twana...
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    Kʼómoks (section Language)
    Kʼómoks together with the neighboring Pentlatch (Puntletch / Puntledge) - were referring in their original language to their cultural collective as Sathloot...
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    Sliammon (ʔayajuθəm;[citation needed] also known as Mainland Comox) † Pentlatch † Shíshálh (also known as Sechelt) Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)[citation...
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    includes clams, including geoducks, butter clams, and horse clams. Pentlatch is the language that was spoken in this area. A large portion of the Qualicum...
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    adopted by the northern Coast Salish peoples including the Cowichan, Comox, Pentlatch, Musqueam, and Lummi tribes. These tribes created fewer free-standing...
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  • Qualicum River or Big Qualicum River ("Where the Dog Salmon Run" in the Pentlatch language) is a river on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia...
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  • extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
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  • name is derived from that of the Pentlatch people. Their language, also called Pentlatch, was a Coast Salish language. The river was officially named by...
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    as North Straits Salish) is a language composed of several mutually-intelligible dialects within the Coast Salish language family spoken in western Washington...
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  • ethnicities include the: Coast Salish peoples Shishalh (Sechelt) Squamish Pentlatch (a.k.a. Puntledge, extinct) Qualicum Comox-speaking: K'omoks (Kwak'wala...
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    including the Pentlatch and Sliammon as evidenced by middens, gravesites, and oral history. The site most recently occupied by Pentlatch people was previously...
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    (Lang Bay) in the southwest. The language of the shíshálh people is she shashishalhem or Sechelt, a Coast Salish language most closely related to Squamish...
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    Muckleshoot Musqueam (xwməθkwəy̓əm) Nisqually Nooksack (Noxwsʼáʔaq) Penelakut Pentlatch Puyallup New Westminster Indian Band Qualicum Quileute Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ)...
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    Indigenous languages Indigenous languages European language dialects Pidgin languages Indigenous languages Creole languages Indigenous languages Indigenous...
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    first contact with Europeans, the Pentlatch Nation, who spoke the Island Comox dialect of the Comox Coast Salish language, occupied the shores of present-day...
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    the Nuxalk language. Today there are an estimated 5 fluent speakers, 80 conversational speakers, and 140 learning speakers. Nuxalk-language radio programming...
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    Musqueam First Nation (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    "xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)", First Peoples Language Map, Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI), First Peoples' Heritage Language and Culture Council (FPHLCC), 2011–2012...
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    Comox, British Columbia (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    first contact with Europeans, the Pentlatch Nation, who spoke the Island Comox dialect of the Comox Coast Salish language, occupied the shores of present-day...
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    Sauk-Suiattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    preschool and daycare on the reservation, where they offer nutrition, language, wellness, and family services. In 2004, the Sauk-Suiattle became the first...
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    spoken Nooksack, one of the Salishan family of languages. It is closely related to the Halkomelem language of coastal British Columbia, and at one time...
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    Skykomish people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    have language programs and are working towards revitalizing the Lushootseed language. Primary focuses include increasing awareness of the language, preserving...
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  • Tulalip Tribes (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    Salish language. The language is written in the Latin script. A dictionary and grammar have been published. The tribe established its own language department...
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    Quinault Indian Nation (category Articles containing Quinault-language text)
    the tribe. Formerly tribal members spoke Quileute, Cowlitz, and Chinook languages. The Quinault Indian Nation owns Quinault Pride Seafood, Land, and Timber...
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    Nuxalk (category Pages with Salishan languages IPA)
    centred in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia. Their language is also called Nuxalk. Their on-reserve tribal government is the Nuxalk...
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    Swinomish people (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    Swinomish people speak a subdialect of the Northern dialect of the Lushootseed language. The lifestyle of the Swinomish, like many Northwest Coast indigenous peoples...
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    speak the S'Klallam language, a Central Salish language. It is very similar to the Saanich dialect of the Straits Salish language. A grammar book has...
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  • Squamish people (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
    Squamish Nation. Their language is the Squamish language or Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim, considered a part of the Coast Salish languages, and is categorized as...
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    language of the Tribe. Traditional languages include the Upper Chehalis and Lower Chehalis languages, which are derived from the Quinault languages of...
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    Lummi Nation (category Articles containing Straits Salish-language text)
    The Lummi language (Xwlemi Chosen, IPA: [xʷləmi tʃɔsən]) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish language, part of the larger Salishan language family.[citation...
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