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    Halkomelem (/ˌhɒlkəˈmeɪləm/; Halq̓eméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ in the Island dialect, and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Downriver dialect) is...
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  • headed the Halkomelem Language Program at the Coqualeetza Education Training Centre in Sardis, British Columbia. He developed the Stó:lō Halkomelem orthography...
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    (Kwak'wala speaking today) Sliammon Homalco Klahoose Halkomelem-speaking Hulquminum (Island Halkomelem): Hwlitsum (Lamalcha or Lamalchi) Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo)...
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  • peoples speaking Halkomelem, or who did so historically (as most living members of those peoples no longer speak them). The term Halkomelem people has been...
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    total population. The region was historically occupied by the Sto:lo, a Halkomelem-speaking people of the Coast Salish linguistic and cultural grouping....
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    Cowichan Tribes (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    (Halkomelem: Kwaʼmutsun) Comiaken (Halkomelem: Qwʼumiyiqun) Koksilah (Halkomelem: Xwulqwʼselu) Somena (Halkomelem: Sʼamunaʼ) Clemclemluts (Halkomelem:...
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    Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora Wyandot Salishan Bella Coola Comox Halkomelem Lillooet Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan...
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    Coast Salish languages (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem (Halq̓eméylem)[citation needed] Downriver Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓)[citation needed] Island Halkomelem (Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓)[citation...
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  • Muthkwey (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    Wayne Suttles described it as "a plant no longer identifiable". In the Halkomelem language, it is described as a saχʷəl, a term which broadly means "plant"...
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  • ate-3SG the soup {} Paul Verb {} Object {} Subject Paul ate the soup Halkomelem, an aboriginal language in British Columbia, has the same basic characteristics...
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    used in Cypriot Arabic, Gros Ventre, Comox, Fox, Thompson, Tuscarora, Halkomelem, Wakhi, Yavapai, Havasupai–Hualapai, and Romani. It also historically...
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  • incorporated nouns. Gerdts (2003) gives examples of lexical suffixes in the Halkomelem language (the word order here is verb–subject–object): In sentence (1)...
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    with a suffix, while the intransitive forms are not. In others such as Halkomelem, intransitive forms have a suffix as well. In some Salish languages, transitivizers...
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    Burrard Inlet (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    Burrard Inlet (Halkomelem: səl̓ilw̓ət) is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. Formed during the last Ice...
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  • Northeastern Pomo Northern Pomo Salishan Coeur d'Alene Columbia-Moses Halkomelem Klallam Lushootseed Nooksack North Straits Salish Okanagan Salish Thompson...
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    Douglas fir (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    to Abies magnifica). One Coast Salish name for the tree, used in the Halkomelem language, is lá:yelhp. In the Lushootseed language, the tree is called...
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  • the Abenaki language of Quebec, and in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ dialect of Halkomelem. Both the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the...
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  • a few German names such as Zschopau and Zschorlau. There are several Halkomelem alphabets. The Cowichan alphabet includes the tetragraph ⟨tthʼ⟩ for the...
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    Vancouver (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    Stó꞉lō in the Upriver Halkomelem dialect as Lhq’á:lets, meaning "wide at the bottom/end". Speakers of the Island dialect of Halkomelem referred to the region...
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    Vancouver Island. They speak Hul’q’umi’num’, which is 1 of 3 branches of the Halkomelem dialect spoken from Nanoose to Oregon. The Snaw-naw-as are named after...
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    Mount Baker (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    snow-covered mountain." Other Indigenous peoples, such as the Lummi or Halkomelem-speaking peoples, use names for the mountain borrowed from the Nooksack...
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  • Donna B. Gerdts (Halkomelem: Sp’aqw’um’ultunaat) is professor of linguistics and associate director of the First Nations Languages Program at Simon Fraser...
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    of Washington state. Squamish is most closely related to the Sechelt, Halkomelem, and Nooksack languages. The Squamish language was first documented in...
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  • Mount Prevost (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    Mount Prevost (Halkomelem: Swuq'us) is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is northwest of Duncan and has a distinctive skyline...
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    Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Halkomelem: səlilwətaɬ, IPA: [səlilwətaɬ]), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First...
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    Etchemin, Eyeri, Fox, Garza, Gashowu, Gros Ventre, Gullah, Halchidhoma, Halkomelem, Hanis, Havasupai, Havasupai–Hualapai, Hawaiian Pidgin, Hidatsa, Hitchiti...
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  • Copenhagen Authority (HUR), a former Danish regional development organisation Halkomelem language, ISO 639-3 language code hur Handball Union of Russia (HUR) ELAV-like...
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    Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Seneca Tuscarora Wyandot Salishan Bella Coola Comox Halkomelem Lillooet Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan...
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    one of the Salishan family of languages. It is closely related to the Halkomelem language of coastal British Columbia, and at one time was considered a...
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  • The Snokomish were a Halkomelem-speaking Coast Salish people whose territory was primarily located across the Boundary Bay area. The Snokomish were also...
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