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Squamish (/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/SKWAW-mish;[2]Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest. It is spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in Squamish, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. An archaic historical rendering of the native Sḵwx̱wú7mesh is Sko-ko-mish but this should not be confused with the name of the Skokomish people of Washington state. Squamish is most closely related to the Sechelt, Halkomelem, and Nooksack languages.
The Squamish language was first documented in the 1880s by a German anthropologist; however the grammar of the language was documented by a Dutch linguist in the 1950s. The orthography or spelling system of the language came about in 1960s while the first Squamish dictionary was published only recently, specifically 2011. The language shares certain similarities with languages like Sechelt and Halkomelem which are spoken in similar regions. [3]
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Squamish (/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/ SKWAW-mish; Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific...
with the Squamish Nation. Their language is the Squamishlanguage or Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim, considered a part of the Coast Salish languages, and is categorized...
The Squamish Nation is a First Nations government of the Squamish people. The Squamish Nation government includes an elected council and an administrative...
language "Sḵwx̱wú7mesh", after whom the river is named (the town of Squamish is named for the river) Squamishlanguage, the language of the Squamish people...
world. The Squamish, the indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance. The Squamishlanguage name for the...
settlement of Vancouver began more than 10,000 years ago and included the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. The beginnings of the...
city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kitsilano is named after Squamish chief August Jack Khatsahlano, and the neighbourhood is located in Vancouver's...
as Snawk, Snawq, Sneawq, or Snawkw, is a village site of the Indigenous Squamish people, located near what is now known as the Kitsilano neighbourhood of...
Squamish culture is the customs, arts, music, lifestyle, food, painting and sculpture, moral systems and social institutions of the Squamish indigenous...
name for Bowen Island is Nex̱wlélex̱wm in the Squamishlanguage of the Squamish people.: 235 The Squamish peoples used and occupied the area around Howe...
the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver and the Squamish–Lillooet corridor. It is a major north–south artery within Vancouver and...
the Squamishlanguage keke7nex siyam. He called this man his brother. It was from these two men that the population began to rise and the Squamish spread...
railway station, Lancashire, England squ, the ISO 639-3 code for Squamishlanguage, Canada This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
with Í7iy̓el̓shn ("ee-ay-ul-shun"), the name of the beach in the Squamishlanguage, in graffiti. The Park Board removed the sign in late January 2022...
Mount Garibaldi (known as Nch'ḵay̓, IPA: [n̩.ʧʼqɛˀj̰], to the indigenous Squamish people) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific...
known as Mainland Comox) † Pentlatch † Shíshálh (also known as Sechelt) Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)[citation needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem...
Squamish history is the series of past events, both passed on through oral tradition and recent history, of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), a people indigenous...
restore Squamishlanguage and culture. and in 2016 developed a language immersion program with Simon Fraser University to teach the Squamishlanguage to Squamish...
Howe Sound (French: Baie (de /d')Howe, Squamish: Átl'ka7tsem, Nexwnéwu7ts, Txwnéwu7ts) is a roughly triangular sound, that joins a network of fjords situated...
beach is a playground and a number of beach volleyball courts. In the Squamishlanguage, it is called Xwupxpayʼem, which translates to "having red cedar"...
(French: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held...
Lions Bay (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language: Ch'ích'iyúy Elx̱wíḵn, IPA: [t͡ʃʼit͡ʃʼijoj əlχʷeːqn]) is a small residential community in British Columbia...
The peninsula was originally used by the Musqueam Indian Band and the Squamish people as a fishing area. The city of Vancouver was called Granville until...
The Burrard Peninsula (Squamish: Ulksen) is a peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, bounded by the Burrard Inlet to the north...
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