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~2K indigenous Comox (aka K'贸moks) people live near the Strait of Georgia in #BritishColumbia, 馃嚚馃嚘#Canada.

Only a few dozen are native speakers of Comox (aka Sa涩u涩tx史 or 蕯ay蕯a前u胃蓹m), which belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages. Image
~1.5K #Quinault people live in western #Washington, 馃嚭馃嚫#USA. The Quinault (K史铆nay艂) #language belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages. It has no known native speakers left, as the population has shifted to #English. Image
#Halkomelem is an #indigenous #language with 100 to 300 speakers in #BritishColumbia, 馃嚚馃嚘#Canada and #Washington, 馃嚭馃嚫#US. It belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages.

The #Cowichan are one of several peoples who originally spoke Halkomelem: Image
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