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Klallam  

Definition

  • Klallam, also known as Clallam, Ns'Klallam or S'klallam, is a Straits Salishan language historically spoken by the Klallam people at Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and across the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The last native speaker of Klallam as a first language died in 2014, but there is a growing group of speakers of Klallam as a second language. Klallam is closely related to the Northern Straits Salish dialects, Sooke, Lekwungen, Saanich, Lummi, and Samish.

Entry terms

  • Clallam

Identifier

  • CLM

Notation

  • clm

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CLM

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