Okanagan language
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Okanagan Syilx |
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Spoken in: | Canada | |
Region: | Southern Interior of British Columbia | |
Total speakers: | 500 | |
Language family: | Salishan Interior Salish Northern Okanagan |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | — | |
ISO 639-3: | oka | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
The Okanagan language, known to its speakers as or Syilx'tsn, is the traditional language of the Okanagan people of the Southern Interior region of British Columbia. It is a member of the Interior Salish group of Salishan languages.
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[edit] External links
- Ethnologue entry
- First Nations Languages of British Columbia entry
- Map of Northwest Coast First Nations
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