ISO 639-3 · okaoka
Salishan family
Okanagan
Okanagan is a language of the Interior Salish branch (Salishan), spoken in Canada and United States. Wikidata describes it as “Salish language spoken in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, United States”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
oka- Glottocode
okan1243- Family
- Salishan
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Okanagan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Colville-Okanagan language, Okanagan language, Syilx, Okanagen language, Okanagon language |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Salishan to Okanagan
The branches above Okanagan, 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
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafekorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalslvSloveneIndo-European · 2.4 m1 · National