Songhees dialect

Songhees dialect
Lekwungen, Songish
lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ
Native to	Canada, United States
Region	British Columbia, Washington
Native speakers	1 (2018)[1]
Language family	Salishan Coast Salish Central Straits Salish North Straits Salish Songhees dialect
Writing system	NAPA
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(covered in [str] Straits Salish)
Glottolog	song1308
Map of North Straits Salish dialects, with   Songhees in blue.

Lekwungen, Songhees or Songish (Lekwungen: lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ) is a dialect or language of North Straits Salish, a Salishan language spoken by the Lekwungen on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada and on San Juan Island in the State of Washington in the United States. As of 2018, there was only one elderly native speaker of lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ, but there are ongoing movements to revitalize it.^[2]