T'Sou-ke dialect

T'Sou-ke
Sooke
Native toCanada
Regionsouthern Vancouver Island
EthnicityT'Sou-ke people
Speakers~10 partial speakers (2014)[1]
Revival1 learner (2014)[1]
Salishan
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologsook1244  Sooke
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T'Sou-ke, also known as Sooke, is the dialect of the North Straits Salish language spoken by the T'Sou-ke people of Vancouver Island in British Columba. As of 2014, there were no fluent speakers, although there were at least ten speakers remaining who could somewhat speak and understand the language.[1]

The name "T'Sou-ke" is an anglicization of the name of the stickleback fish which lives in the Sooke River estuary. The name has also been written as Soke and Sooke.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Language Needs Assessment: T'Sou-ke First Nation". First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  2. ^ "T'Sou-ke". Te'mexw Treaty Association. Retrieved 2024-07-31.