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Lillooet

Lillooet is a Salishan language spoken in Canada. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

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Lillooet · 50.7°N 122.0°W

Lillooet (; Lillooet: St̓át̓imcets / Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc, [ˈʃt͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ]), also Lilʼwat, is a Salishan language of the Interior branch spoken by the Stʼatʼimc in southern British Columbia, Canada, around the middle Fraser and Lillooet Rivers. The language of the Lower Lillooet people uses the name Ucwalmícwts, because St̓át̓imcets means "the language of the people of Sat̓", i.e. the Upper Lillooet of the Fraser River.

Lillooet is a critically endangered language with around 120 fluent speakers and 393 semi-speakers. In 2022, there was a reported 1092 people learning the language.

From Wikipedia · Lillooet language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Lillooet

MeaningWordRomanization
womans-yáqcaˀ
personuxwalmixw*
nameskwacic*
eyenkwLust3n*
earL3na7*
nosesp3sqs*
toothhicm3n*
tonguetaLa7*
handskwakst*
bloodpt3la7*
boneqw3qwuL*
skinsipaz*
kneeqpawsx3n*
breastsq7am*
livernxcazm3n*
waterqʷuˀ
firespams*
sunsn3qw3m*
starnkakwus3nt*
stonek3La7*
mountainsqw3m*
treesxap*
leafp3ckL*
nightsict*
dogsqaxa7*
fishscuqwaz*
lousem3k3n*
onepala7*
twoanwas*
Is73nc*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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