Columbia-Moses language
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Columbia-Moses | |
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Columbia-Wenatchi | |
Nxaảmxcín | |
Native to | United States of America |
Region | northern Idaho, eastern Washington |
Ethnicity | 230 (2000 census)[1] |
Native speakers
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40 (2007)[1] |
Salishan
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Dialects |
Columbian
Wenatchi
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | col |
Glottolog | colu1241 [2] |
Columbia-Moses, or Columbia-Wenatchi, is a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers currently reside on the Colville Indian Reservation
There are two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi is the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Columbia-Moses at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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Further reading
- Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa and Paul Proulx. 2000. "REVIEWS - What's in a Word? Structure in Moses-Columbia Salish". International Journal of American Linguistics. 66, no. 3: 410.
- Kinkade, M. Dale. Dictionary of the Moses-Columbia Language (Nxaảmxcín). Nespelem, Wash: Colville Confederated Tribes, 1981.
- Mattina, Nancy. 2006. "Determiner Phrases in Moses-Columbia Salish". International Journal of American Linguistics. 72, no. 1: 97.
- Willet, Marie Louise. 2003." A Grammatical Sketch of Nxa'amxcin" PhD Thesis, University of Victoria.
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