Also Known As:
Comox, Mainland Comox, Sliammon, Klahoose, Homalco, Comox-Sliammon, Çatlotq, Comox Cluster, Comux, Tla'amin, Ay-A-Ju-Thum, ʔayʔaǰuθəm
Dialects & Varieties
- Island Comox
- Mainland Comox
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
1500
Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada;
Location Description
British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and coast north of Powell River.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
Community-based language projects.
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
All
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
The cheechlem chi chia canoe family singing an old sliammon love song at a summer BBQ
An animated film created by Veselin Jungic (SFU), Mark MacLean (UBC), Simon Roy (Victoria), and Andr