Columbia-Moses language
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Moses-Columbia, or Columbia-Wenatchi (in Moses-Columbia: Nxaʔamxcín), was a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers resided in the Colville Indian Reservation. The Columbia people were followers of Chief Moses.
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Moses-Columbia | |
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Columbia-Wenatchi | |
Nxaʔamxcín | |
Native to | United States of America |
Region | northern Idaho, eastern Washington |
Ethnicity | 230 (2000 census)[1] |
Extinct | April 2023[1] |
Salishan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | col |
Glottolog | colu1241 |
ELP | Columbian |
Columbian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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There were two dialects, Columbia (Sinkiuse, Columbian) and Wenatchi (Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan). Wenatchi was the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.
Pauline Stensgar, who died in April 2023 at age 96, is reported to have been the last fully fluent speaker.[2]