Sháshíshálh language

Sháshíshálh language

The Sháshíshálh language, also called Shashishalhem and the Sechelt language, is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Shishalh (Sechelt) people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in the Sechelt Peninsula area of the Sunshine Coast.

Sháshíshálh is most closely related to Sḵwxwú7mesh (known in English as Squamish), Halkomelem, and the Nooksack.

ee also

*Shishalh
*Sechelt, British Columbia


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