Concept information
Preferred term
hurHalkomelem
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Halkomelem (also Halqeméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hulqumínum in the Island dialect, and Hunquminum in the Downriver dialect) is a language of the First Nations peoples of southeastern Vancouver Island from the west shore of Saanich Inlet northward beyond Nanoose Bay, and of the mainland around the Fraser River Delta upriver to Harrison Lake and the lower boundary of Fraser Canyon in British Columbia. In the classification of Salishan languages, Halkomelem is a member of the Central Salish branch. There are four other branches of the family: Tsamosan, Interior Salish, Bella Coola, and Tillamook. Speakers of the Central and Tsamosan languages are often identified in ethnographic literature as "Coast Salish."
Entry terms
- Halkomelem language
ISO 639-3 code
- hur
Notation
- hur
In other languages
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Halkomelem
French
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Halkomelem
German
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/hur
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