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Columbian Indian Language (Columbia, Wenatchee)

Columbia-Wenatchee is a Salishan language of Washington state. Only a few dozen Wenatchee and Columbian Indians still speak the Columbia language natively, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive.



˜Columbian Language
Columbian language samples and resources.

˜Columbian Tribe Culture and History
Information and links about the Columbian Indians past and present.



˜Columbian Language Resources

Our Columbian Language Materials

Columbia-Wenatchee Vocabulary
     Our list of vocabulary words in Sinkiuse and Wenachee Columbian, with comparison to words in other Salishan languages.

Columbian Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Columbia-Wenatchi
     Demographic information about the Columbian language from the Ethnologue of Languages.



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