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Halkomelem

language of various First Nations peoples in British Columbia
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Halkomelem

Summary

Halkomelem is a language[1]. Halkomelem ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Halkomelem is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Halkomelem's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Halkomelem's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Halkomelem is a type of Coast Salish[6].
  • Halkomelem's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Halkomelem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Halkomelem language[8].
  • Halkomelem's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+285'}[9].
  • Halkomelem's UNESCO language status is recorded as 4 severely endangered[10].
  • Halkomelem's indigenous to is recorded as British Columbia[11].
  • Halkomelem's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HUR[12].
  • Halkomelem's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8a Moribund[13].
  • Halkomelem's linguistic typology is recorded as polysynthetic language[14].

Why It Matters

Halkomelem ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2] Halkomelem has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Halkomelem is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Rumsor · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+285'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1098]]: 285"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Canada
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → British Columbia
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012430932905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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