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ISO 639-3 · strstr
Salishan family

North Straits Salish

North Straits Salish is a language of the Coast Salish branch (Salishan), spoken in Canada and United States. Wikidata counts 105 first-language speakers (2016).

8b · Nearly Extinct105
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
str
Glottocode
stra1244
Family
Salishan
Wikipedia
8 language editions
105first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level

Facts

NameNorth Straits Salish
Also calledStraits Salish, North Straits Salish language
L1 speakers105 (2016)

Vitality

EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Salishan to North Straits Salish

The branches above North Straits Salish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

22Salishanfamily15Coast SalishbranchstrNorth Straits Salishlanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where North Straits Salish is spoken
Map: Moyogo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Canada112 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the index

Also spoken in Canada

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