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The Sechelt Language
<HTML> <!--Time-stamp: <2007-07-17 22:57:17 poser> --> <HEAD> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../ydli.css" media="all"> <TITLE>The Sechelt Language</TITLE> </HEAD> <CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+2>The Sechelt Language</FONT></B></CENTER> <spacer type=vertical size=8> <P> Sechelt is spoken on the coast of mainland British Columbia, to the north of Squamish, across the strait from Pentlatch. <P> The indigenous name is /ʃáʃíʃáɬɵm/. <I>Shashishalhem</I> is a practical spelling of this term. The English name <I>Sechelt</I> is an anglicization of /ʃíʃáɬ/, the Comox name for part of the Sechelt penninsula. <P> Sechelt is a <a href="../bcother/bclist.htm#sal">Salishan language</a>. <P> <UL> <LI> <a href="../biblios/sechbib.htm">Sechelt Bibliography</a> </UL> <P> <P> <P> <CENTER> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><a href="../fnlgsbc.htm">HOME</a></TD> <TD></TD> <TD><a href="../fnlgsbc.htm">BACK</a></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana"><strong><small>Yinka Déné Language Institute © 2007</small></strong></font></p> </BODY> </HTML>