Songhees dialect

Songhees
Songish, Lekwungen, Lekwungeeneng
lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ
Native toCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
Native speakers
1[a] (2024)[1][2]
lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ Phonetic Alphabet (LPA)
Language codes
ISO 639-3(covered in str Straits Salish)
Glottologsong1308
Map of North Straits Salish dialects, with
  Songhees
in blue.

Lekwungen (Lekwungen: lək̓ʷəŋiʔnəŋ;[1][2] also called Songhees, Songish, or Lekwungeeneng), is a variety[b] 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]


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  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tmIntro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "lək̓ʷəŋən Language Reawaken". Songhees Nation. Retrieved 15 March 2022.