Comox language
| Comox | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Canada |
| Region | British Columbia |
| Native speakers | 400 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Salishan
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | coo |
Comox, also known as K'omoks, Sliammon, or ɬəʔamɛn is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands.
It has two main dialects, Island Comox, associated with the Comox Indian Band, and Mainland Comox, associated with the Sliammon, Klahoose and Homalhco peoples. As of 2012, "The Island Comox dialect has no remaining speakers," according to Ethnologue.[1]
A Sliammon iPhone app was released in March 2012.[2] An online dictionary, phrasebook, and language learning portal is available at First Voices.[3]
Bibliography
- ^ "Ethnologue report for language code: coo: Comox, Comox-Sliammon, Dialects: Island Comox, Sliammon". Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "FirstVoices Apps". FirstVoices. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "FirstVoices: Sliammon Community Portal". Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- Sapir, Edward (1915). Noun reduplication in Comox, a Salish language of Vancouver island. Ottawa: Government Printing Office.
External links
- Sliammon at First Voices: The ɬəʔamɛn Language group welcomes you
- OLAC resources in and about the Comox language
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