Nsyilxcən
[aka n̓səl̓̓xčin̓, Nsilxcín, Nsyilxcen, Nsyilxcn, Nsəlxcin]Classification: Salishan
·endangered
Classification: Salishan
·endangered
n̓səl̓̓xčin̓, Nsilxcín, Nsyilxcen, Nsyilxcn, Nsəlxcin, Nsilxcín, Okanagan-Colville, Okanagan, Colville-Okanagan, Okanagon, Okanogan, Okanagon Cluster, Okinagan, |
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Salishan, Interior Salish |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Information from: “First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia” .
4,500 in British Colombia
797
http://maps.fphlcc.ca/nsyilxcen
Number of speakers for British Columbia only.
British Columbia
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
170
400 in United States (Golla 2007). 400 on Colville Reservation, plus a few dozen elsewhere.
190 in Canada, increasing. Except for 12 fluent speakers on Westbank Reserve, the other reserves each have at least 50 speakers of varying fluency, Vernon Reserve perhaps 100.
Substantial revitalization efforts. Speakers 30 and older.
English
Canada: South central British Columbia, east of Fraser Valley and west of Kootenai.
USA:Colville Reservation, Washington.
Information from: “The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation” .
9,358 in Washington (Colville Confederated Tribes)
The Colville Confederated Tribes is composed of the following twelve bands:
Wenatchee (Wenatchi)
Nespelem
Moses-Columbia
Methow
Colville
Okanogan
Palus
San Poil
Eniat
Chelan
Nez Perce
Lake (Arrow Lakes)
The Reservation, located in north central Washington, lies in a physiographic province called the Okanogan Highlands. The reservation is located in the southeastern section of Okanogan County and the southern half of Ferry County, but there are pieces of trust land located in Chelan County.
Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge
Except for the Westbank Reserve, which may have as few as a dozen fluent speakers, all of the Okanagan Reserves have at least 50 speakers of varying degrees of fluency, the Vernon Reserve perhaps over 100.
British Columbia, Washington: Spoken in a number of communities in southern interior British Columbia and northeastern Washington. There are seven Okanagan Reserves in British Columbia: Vernon, Douglas Lake, Westbank, Penticton, Keremeos (Lower Similkameen), Hedley (Upper Similkameen), and Oliver (Osoyoos).
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
Information from: “Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages (Fourth Edition)” . Gessner, Suzanne, Tracey Herbertn and Aliana Parker (2022)
6,331
418
Numbers for British Columbia only.
There is a Google Group dedicated to the discussion, protection and documentation of Nsyilxcən.