Samish (Xws7ámeshqen, IPA: [xʷsʔ'e.məʃ.qen])[1] is a dialect of the North Straits Salish dialect continuum spoken by the Indigenous Samish people of the Pacific Northwest. Samish is traditionally referred to as a language, but it is mutually intelligible with the other dialects of North Straits Salish. Samish is a Coast Salish language and is closely related to other languages in that family.
Samish | |
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Xws7ámeshqen | |
Native to | United States, Canada |
Ethnicity | Samish people |
Salishan
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NAPA (Xws7ámeshqen Alphabet) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | sami1249 |
The Samish language is still spoken by some Samish tribal members, and the Samish Indian Nation's Xws7ámeshqen Program is working to revitalize the language in daily life. They offer classes to tribal citizens and have an online website with a wordlist and placenames.[1]
Orthography
Uppercase | Lowercase | IPA |
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7 | /ʔ/ | |
A | a | /e/ |
Ch | ch | /t͡ʃ/ |
Ch' | ch' | /t͡ʃ‘/ |
E | e | /e~ə/ |
H | h | /h/ |
I | i | /i/ |
K | k | /k~k’/ |
Kw | kw | /kʷ/ |
Kw' | kw' | /kʷ’/ |
L | l | /l/ |
Lh | lh | /ɬ/ |
M | m | /m/ |
N | n | /n/ |
Ng | ng | /ŋ/ |
O | o | /ɔ/ |
P | p | /p/ |
P' | p' | /p’/ |
Q | q | /q/ |
Q' | q' | /q’/ |
Qw | qw | /qʷ/ |
Qw' | qw' | /qʷʼ/ |
S | s | /s/ |
Sh | sh | /ʃ/ |
T | t | /t/ |
T' | t' | /t’/ |
Tl' | tl' | /t͡ɬ’/ |
Ts | ts | /ts/ |
Ts' | ts' | /ts’/ |
U | u | /u/ |
W | w | /w/ |
X̲ | x̲ | /χ/ |
Xw | xw | /xʷ/ |
X̲w | x̲w | /χʷ/ |
Y | y | /j/ |
References
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