Samish dialect
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q47012824
Library of congress:
sh2019000608
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Galloway, B.D. A phonology, morphology, and classified word list for the Samish dialect of Straits Salish, c1990.
- Ethnologue, Mar. 18, 2019(Salish, Straits; a language of Canada and U.S.; spoken in Washington: San Juan Islands (Samish dialect), mainland south of San Juan Islands (Lummi dialect))
- Samish Indian Nation website, Mar. 18, 2019:who we are > culture (Linguistically and culturally, Samish are part of the Coast Salish, speaking a dialect of Coast Salish known as "Straits Salish," rather than a Lushootseed dialect as some of our immediate neighbors to the east; Tribe's traditional territory stretches over a wide region of the Salish Sea in Northwest Washington, from the tops of the Cascades Mountains to the far western shores of the San Juan Islands)