Salish
[ sey-lish ]
/ ˈseɪ lɪʃ /
noun
a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
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Origin of Salish
From the Southern Interior Salish word séʔliš Flatheads
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Salish
Salishan (ˈseɪlɪʃən, ˈsæl-)
/ (ˈseɪlɪʃ) /
noun
a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the northwestern US and W Canada
the Salish (functioning as plural) the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish
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