lan·guage (lăng′gwĭj) n. 1. a. Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols. b. Such a system including its rules for combining its components, such as words. c. Such a system as used by a nation, people, or other distinct community; often contrasted with dialect. 2 ...

Klallam, Clallam, Ns'Klallam or S'klallam (endonym: Nəxʷsƛ̓ay̓əmúcən), now extinct, was a Straits Salishan language that was traditionally spoken by the Klallam peoples at Becher Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and across the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Klallam was closely related to North Straits Salish, in …

Squamish (/ ˈ s k w ɔː m ɪ ʃ /; Sḵwx̱wúʔmesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific Northwest.It is spoken in the area that is now called southwestern British Columbia, Canada, centred on their reserve communities in Squamish, North Vancouver, and West Vancouver.An archaic historical rendering of the …

Chinook: [noun] a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth.

Organization dedicated to American Indian language preservation provides vocabulary lists, links, and online information about each Native American language and the indigenous people who speak it. ... Salishan Languages Bella Coola, Chehalis, Coeur d'Alene, ... A list of dictionary, grammar, and language learning books in individual Native ...