Salishan

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Sa·lish

S0042200 (sā′lĭsh) also Sa·lish·an (-lĭ-shən)n. pl. Salish also Salishan or Sa·lish·ans 1. A family of Native American languages of the northwest United States and British Columbia.2. The group of Native American peoples speaking languages of the Salish family.3. The Flathead people.

[Southern Interior Salish se'lish, Flatheads.]

Sa′lish, Sa′lish·an adj.

Sa•lish•an

(ˈseɪ lɪʃ ən, ˈsæl ɪʃ-)

n. a family of American Indian languages spoken or formerly spoken by peoples of S British Columbia and the northwest U.S. [1885–90, Amer.]

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Salishan - a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western CanadaSalishMosan - a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British ColumbiaSkagit - a Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit

Salishan

(sā`lĭshən, săl`–), branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family, or stock, of North America and spoken by Native Americans of the NW United States and W Canada. See Native American languagesNative American languages,
languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
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noun a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

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