North Straits Salish

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North Straits Salish

  1. Language composed of several mutually-intelligible dialects within the Coast Salish language family spoken in western Washington and British Columbia.
    • 1991, Timothy Montler, Saanich, North Straits Salish classified word list, University of Ottawa Press, page x:
      The Saanich dialect of North Straits Salish is spoken on and around several reserves on the Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island just north of the British Columbia provincial capital, Victoria.
    • 2003, Grant R. Keddie, Songhees Pictorial: A History of the Songhees People as Seen by Outsiders, 1790-1912, Royal BC Museum, page 13:
      These peoples were originally composed of a diverse group of extended families who shared a common dialect of the North Straits Salish language that they called Lekwungen.

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  • Northern Straits Salish

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