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Thompson  

Definition

  • Thompson or nɬeʔkepmxcín (also known as Nlaka'pamuctsin, Nlaka'pamux, or Nthlakampx) is an Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, and Nicola Country of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and formerly in the North Cascades region of Whatcom and Chelan counties of the state of Washington in the United States. The Interior Salish languages have a higher degree of closeness to each other than the more distant Coast Salish languages.

Entry terms

  • Nłeʔkepmxcín
  • Thompson River Salish

Identifier

  • THP

Notation

  • thp

URI

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

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