Klallam Language. The Klallam language (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən) has since time immemorial been spoken on the north shore of Washington's Olympic Peninsula from the Strait of Juan de Fuca inland into the mountains. It is also native to some other nearby areas such as Becher Bay on the south of Vancouver Island and on some nearby smaller islands.
Klallam is one language in a large family of Native American languages called Salishan or Salish languages spoken in what is now Washington, British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Klallam is closely related to the dialects called Northern Straits: Saanich, Lummi, Samish, Songish, and Sooke. These dialects are native to parts of southern Vancouver Island, the neighboring smaller islands of the Haro and Rosario Straits, and around Lummi Bay in Washington. This site uses the official writing system for the Klallam language. Click in the box below and use the keyboard that pops up to type in the Klallam language. Tulalip Lushootseed. Tatul'ut tthu Hul'q'umi'num' (Introduction to Hul'q'umi'num')
Introduction to Hul'q'umi'num' Welcome to Hul'q'umi'num'. The language is a Coast Salish language known in the linguistic literature as Halkomelem. For speakers on Vancouver Island, it is Hul'q'umi'num', as written in these lessons. We can think of a language as a speech community: a community of speakers whose ways of speaking are similar enough that they understand one another.
Within that larger community, we have smaller groupings or dialects. The Hul'q'umi'num' language is spoken on Vancouver Island from Malahat in the south to Nanoose Bay in the north, with some dialect differences. Tom Hukarihukari@uvic.ca This site is designed to be user-configurable. Audio settings Appearance settings Welcome! Please listen to our audio Welcome message. Content development: Tom Hukari, Sarah Kell, Ingrid Louie, Gina Olsen and Greg Newton. Voices: Ruby Peter, Willie Seymour, Myra Charlie, George Seymour Sr. and Wayne Charlie. Audio processing: Martin Holmes, Greg Newton, Sarah Kell and Tim Kulchyski.
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