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- Salishan
- Coast Salish
- Halkomelem
ISO 639-3 · hurhur
Salishan family
Halkomelem
Halkomelem is a language of the Coast Salish branch (Salishan), spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts about 285 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of various First Nations peoples in British Columbia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hur- Glottocode
halk1245- Family
- Salishan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Halkomelem |
|---|---|
| Also called | Halkomelem language, Halq̓eméylem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ |
| All speakers | 285 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Salishan to Halkomelem
The branches above Halkomelem, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
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