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Linguistics-oriented article, could have better lay content (like most linguistics articles); possibly should have subarticles for Hunquminum, Hulquminum, Halkemeylem. ---- Skookum1 (2006)
Agreed. An amateur like me can't even tell--I can only rather assume--that this article is even using IPA to transcribe the language(s) it's talking about. It's not stated anywhere in the article (did I miss it?). I appreciate all the great info on the page from a doubtless knowledgeable linguist. But this is a public encyclopedia article; it's not supposed to be written for specialists. If we want the average person to be able to learn about this language, then it has to be explained without jargon, or explaining the jargon as it progresses. Let's start from square one, then, how 'bout?
I've changed the number of speakers from "less than 12 fluent" to 200 as per the linked estimate at the First Nations Languages of British Columbia site. The figure of 12 probably reflects a misunderstanding of an estimate for mainland Halkomelem (Upriver and Downriver) as an estimate for the entire language. Island Halkomelem, that is, basically, Cowichan, has quite a few more speakers. Bill 00:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Hul'q'umin'um, Hul'qumi'num, or Hul'q'umi'num?
I've found various spellings on the internet, all from reliable sources. -- TheMightyQuill 14:22, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
There is an article named Hul’qumi’num language. I think this article can be replaced by a #REDIRECT [[]] article toward the Halkomelem language article. Anybody disagrees ? - Arctur 19:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
If the description of certain consonants as "glottalized" is correct, then the IPA representation (such as [pˤ]) is wrong. The IPA symbol for a glottalized consonant is exactly like the native orthography: p′. A symbol like [pˤ] indicates a pharyngealized pronounciation, which is a completely different sound.
Skookum is claiming that the Halkomelem people do not exist, and is move-warring because of it. References to the Halkomelem people include Donna Gerdts, the principal authority on the Halkomelem language, M. Terry Thompson, who has worked on Salishan languages for half a century, and by Sturtevant (1990). Now, perhaps they don't know what they're talking about, or don't mean what they say, but it would be nice if intelligent justification were given, rather than a dismissal of anything he disagrees with as ignorant, conspiratorial, or racist. — kwami ( talk) 09:16, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Just had a glance at this, and thought the map would be better scaled to BC rather than to Canada. :)
-- PeteLambert ( talk) 05:36, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
UnderMorphology in the subsection Affixes> Derivational Affixes> Common Artifacts the lexical suffix cited as /-wət/ “canoe” probably should have a voiceless lateral fricative in place of final -t, in keeping with all other Salishan languages which have such a lexical suffix. 108.35.168.107 ( talk) 19:50, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
Similarly the next entry after the above, Natural Phenomena: /-ətp/ “plant, tree”, should also have a voiceless lateral fricative in place of cited medial -t. 108.35.168.107 ( talk) 19:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
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I doubt the orthographies actually use a saltillo, but this article has been gummed up enough with typographic hacks that I'm not going to try to guess what they should actually be. — kwami ( talk) 02:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC)