Comox

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
coo
Alternate Names
Comox-Sliammon
User Population

36 (FPCC 2014). 710 semi-speakers (FPCC 2014). Ethnic population: 1,900 (FPCC 2014).

Location

British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and coast north of Powell river.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Homalco, K’ómoks, Klahoose, Tla’amin.

Classification
Salish, Central Salish
Dialects

Island Comox (Salhulhtxw), Mainland Comox (Homalco, Klahoose, Sliammon, Éy7á7juuthem). All use the mainland dialect. Island Comox dialect has no remaining L1 speakers (Mithun 1999).

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Grammar. Community-based language projects (Golla 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Comox