Shuswap language

Shuswap
Secwepemctsín
Pronunciation	[ʃəxwəpməxˈtʃin]
Native to	Canada
Region	Central and Southern Interior of British Columbia
Ethnicity	9,860 Secwepemc (2014, FPCC)[1]
Native speakers	200 (2014, FPCC)[1] 1,190 semi-speakers
Language family	Salishan Interior Salish Northern Shuswap
Writing system	Duployan shorthand (historical)
Official status
Regulated by	Secwepemc Cultural Education Society
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shs
Glottolog	shus1248
ELP	Secwepemctsin (Shuswap)
Shuswap is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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The Shuswap language (/ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/; Secwepemctsín, [ʃəxʷəpəməxˈtʃin]) is a northern Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Shuswap people (Secwépemc, [ʃəˈxʷɛpəməx]) of British Columbia. An endangered language, Shuswap is spoken mainly in the Central and Southern Interior of British Columbia between the Fraser River and the Rocky Mountains. According to the First Peoples' Cultural Council, 200 people speak Shuswap as a mother tongue, and there are 1,190 semi-speakers.^[1]

Shuswap is the northernmost of the Interior Salish languages, which are spoken in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. There are two dialects of Shuswap:

• Eastern: Kinbasket (Kenpesq’t) and Shuswap Lake (Qw7ewt/Quaaout)
• Western: Canim Lake (Tsq’escen), Chu Chua (Simpcw), Deadman's Creek (Skitsestn/Skeetchestn)–Kamloops (Tk'emlups), Fraser River (Splatsin, Esk’et), and Pavilion (Tsk’weylecw)–Bonaparte (St’uxtews)

The other Northern Interior Salish languages are Lillooet and Thompson.

Most of the material in this article is from Kuipers (1974).^[2]