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Salishan
[ sey-lish-uhn, sal-ish- ]
noun
- a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of this language family or its speakers.
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This may also be said of some of the Salishan tribes, though others of the same stock have complicated systems.
From Project Gutenberg
Billechola belongs under Salishan, a family name of Gallatins of 1836.
From Project Gutenberg
Upon the southeast Salishan tribes extended into Montana, including the upper drainage of the Columbia.
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Of the Bellacoola (Salishan family) and Haeltzuk, of the present family, there are 2,500 who are not under agents.
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He printed a Salishan grammar , and prepared a Salishan-English dictionary.
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