Songhees dialect
Dialect of North Straits Salish
Songhees dialect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lekwungen, Songish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native to | Canada, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Region | British Columbia, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native speakers | 1 (2018)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language family | Salishan
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Writing system | NAPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ISO 639-3 | (covered in [str] Straits Salish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glottolog | song1308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Map of North Straits Salish dialects, with Lekwungen, Songhees or Songish (Lekwungen: lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ) is a dialect or language of North Straits Salish, a Salishan language spoken by the Lekwungen on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada and on San Juan Island in the State of Washington in the United States. As of 2018, there was only one elderly native speaker of lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ, but there are ongoing movements to revitalize it.[2] OrthographySonghees is written with the lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ phonetic alphabet, or LPA for short,[2] a version of Americanist phonetic notation, in a language revitalization program called həlitxʷ tθə lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ ("Bringing lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ Language Back to Life") of the Songhees First Nation developed in 2018.
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Salishan languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coast Salish |
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Interior Salish |
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Italics indicate extinct languages |