Columbia-Moses language

Columbia-Moses language
Columbia-Moses
Columbia-Wenatchi
Nxaảmxcín
Spoken in United States of America
Region northern Idaho
Ethnicity 500?
Native speakers 75  (no date)
Language family
Salishan
  • Interior Salish
    • Southern
      • Columbia-Moses
        Columbia-Wenatchi
Dialects
Columbian
Wenatchi
Language codes
ISO 639-3 col

Columbia-Moses, or Columbia-Wenatchi, is a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers of currently reside on the Colville Indian Reservation

There are two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi is the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.

Further reading

  • Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa and Paul Proulx. 2000. "REVIEWS - What's in a Word? Structure in Moses-Columbia Salish". International Journal of American Linguistics. 66, no. 3: 410.
  • Kinkade, M. Dale. Dictionary of the Moses-Columbia Language (Nxaảmxcín). Nespelem, Wash: Colville Confederated Tribes, 1981.
  • Mattina, Nancy. 2006. "Determiner Phrases in Moses-Columbia Salish". International Journal of American Linguistics. 72, no. 1: 97.




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