Interior Salish languages

Interior Salish is one of the two main subgroups of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish, but can also refer to First Nations/Native American cultures who speak the language. The language can be divided into Northern and Southern Interior Salish groups, each with its own dialects. The original Salish people, or "Selisch", were the Flathead people, among the most easterly of the group and the first encountered by non-native explorers.

Peoples speaking an Interior Salish language

Northern

*Secwepemc, also known as Shushwap, Secwepemctsín, səxwəpməxcín (ʃəxwəpməxtʃín)
*St'at'imc, also known as Lillooet, Stl'atl'imx, Stl'atl'imc, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc (St'at'imcets)
*Nlaka'pamux, also known as Thompson River Salish, Ntlakapmuk, nɬeʔkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier times as the Hakamaugh, Klackarpun, Couteau or Knife Indians
*Sinixt, also known as the Lake, or the Lakes, in the Kootenay Region of B.C., and Washington State.

outhern

*Coeur D'Alene Tribe, also known as Schitsu'umsh or Skitswish (Coeur d'Alene language)
*Sinkiuse-Columbia, also known as Sinkiuse, Columbia, Columbia-Moses, Nxaảmxcín
*Okanagan (Syilx'tsn)
*Flathead including Bitterroot, and Pend d'Oreilles.

ee also

*Coast Salish

Further reading

* Flucke, A. F. "Interior Salish". 1952.
* Hanna, Darwin, and Mamie Henry. "Our Tellings: Interior Salish Stories of the Nlhaʼkapmx People". Vancouver: UBC Press, 1995. ISBN 0774805250
* Orser, Brenda I. L. "Stem-Initial Pharyngeal Resonants [Symbol for Central Pharyngeal Fricative, Followed by Symbol for Labialized Central Pharyngeal Fricative] , in Spokane, Interior Salish". Ottawa: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1993.
* Pickford, Arthur E. "Interior Salish". British Columbia heritage series, v. 3. Victoria, [B.C.] : Province of British Columbia, Dept. of Education, Division of Curriculum, 1971.