Moses-Columbia | |
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Columbia-Wenatchi | |
Nxaʔamxcín | |
Native to | United States of America |
Region | northern Idaho, eastern Washington |
Ethnicity | 230 (2000 census)[1] |
Extinct | May 2, 2023, with the death of Pauline Stensgar[1] |
Salishan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | col |
Glottolog | colu1241 |
ELP | Columbian |
Columbian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Moses-Columbia, or Columbia-Wenatchi (in Moses-Columbia: Nxaʔamxcín), was a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers resided in the Colville Indian Reservation. The Columbia people were followers of Chief Moses.
There were two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi was the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.
Pauline Stensgar, who died on May 2, 2023 at age 96, is reported to have been the last fully fluent speaker.[2]
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