The Salishan (also Salish /ˈseɪlɪʃ/) languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America (the Canadian province of British Columbia...
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The Coast Salish languages, also known as the Central Salish languages, are a branch of the Salishan language family. These languages are spoken by First...
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The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided...
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Salishan oral narratives consist of the body of traditional narratives of the speakers of the Salishan languages, who inhabit British Columbia, Canada...
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Salish peoples (section Salishan languages)
American and Canadian Pacific Northwest, identified by their use of the Salishan languages which diversified out of Proto-Salish between 3,000 and 6,000 years...
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Thompson language, properly known as Nlaka'pamuctsin, also known as the Nlaka'pamux ('Nthlakampx') language, is an Interior Salishan language spoken in...
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also known as Cowlitz Salish, is a Tsamosan language of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. It was spoken by the Lower Cowlitz people of...
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Bella Coola /ˈbɛlə.ˈkuːlə/, is a Salishan language spoken by the Nuxalk people. Today, it is an endangered language in the vicinity of the Canadian town...
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Salishan language family. Alternatively "Chehalis" may refer to one of the two different languages: Upper Chehalis language Lower Chehalis language Chehalis...
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'Altaic' languages. Contrasts with the presence of abundant consonant clusters in Nivkh, as well as in the Indo-European and Salishan languages. Canonically...
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