Northern Straits Salish
SENĆOŦEN/Malchosen/Lekwungen/Semiahmoo/T’Sou-ke; Malchosen; Lekwungen; Semiahmoo; T'Sou-ke; Salish (Straits); Straits Salish; Straits; Songish; Lkungen;
Salishan; Central Salish
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2018
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2010
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Canada;
48.4457,-123.4205
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2010
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Canada;
48.488,-122.6363; 48.4457,-123.4205
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7 speakers in Canada. 5 speakers in the US.
2016
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Canada; US
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British Columbia, Southeast tip of Vancouver Island (Saanich dialect). Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), mainland south of San Juan Islands (Lummi dialect).
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British Columbia, Southeast tip of Vancouver Island (Saanich dialect). Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), mainland south of San Juan Islands (Lummi dialect).
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2012
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Canada;
48.4500000, -123.0000000
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2007
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Saanich: fewer than 20 first-language speakers, the youngest nearly 60 years old. However, there are up to 100 second-language speakers of varying degrees of fluency, and Saanich is frequently used in ceremonies and for tribal identity. Samish: about 5 speakers, but their speech is mixed with other dialects or with Halkomelem and they do not form a distinct speech community. Lummi: no active first-language speakers.
2008
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Southern tip of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, and the mainland immediately to the south of the US-Canadian border.
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Southern tip of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, and the mainland immediately to the south of the US-Canadian border.
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2014
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This data is for the Samish variety. There are fewer than ten fluent speakers, and about 15 others who are working on further documentation and revival efforts (Eastwood 2012).
2012
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Washington, British Columbia. The Samish variety is currently geographically located in Anacortes, WA, USA, with historic ties to the San Juan islands.
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Washington, British Columbia. The Samish variety is currently geographically located in Anacortes, WA, USA, with historic ties to the San Juan islands.
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2005
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- Samish Indian Nation2012. "Samish Indian Nation." Online: www.samishtribe.nsn.us/language/.www.samishtribe.nsn.us/language/
- Macquarie Aboriginal Words: a dictionary of words from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander languages1999. "Macquarie Aboriginal Words: a Dictionary of Words From Australian Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Languages." edited by Nick Thieberger and William Mcgregor. Macquarie Library.
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
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