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| region = [[British Columbia]] |
| region = [[British Columbia]] |
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| ethnicity = [[Nicola Athapaskans]] |
| ethnicity = [[Nicola Athapaskans]] |
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| extinct = early 1900s |
| extinct = early 1900s |
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|ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ydli.org/langs/nicola.htm|title = The Nicola Language}}</ref> |
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ydli.org/langs/nicola.htm|title = The Nicola Language}}</ref> |
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| familycolor = Dené-Yeniseian |
| familycolor = Dené-Yeniseian |
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| fam2 = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]] |
| fam2 = [[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]] |
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| glotto = nico1265 |
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| glottoname = Nicola Valley Athabaskan |
| glottoname = Nicola Valley Athabaskan |
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| fam6 = [[Tsilhqotʼin language|Tsilhqotʼin]]? |
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'''Nicola''' is an extinct [[Athabascan]] language formerly spoken in the [[Similkameen Country|Similkameen]] and [[Nicola Country|Nicola Countries]] of [[British Columbia]] by the group known to linguists and ethnographers as the [[Nicola Athapaskans|Nicola people]], although that name in modern usage refers to an alliance of Interior Salishan bands living in the same area. Almost nothing is known of the language. The available material published by [[Franz Boas]] required only three pages.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boas |first=Franz |date=July 1924 |title=Vocabulary of the Athapascan Tribe of Nicola Valley, British Columbia |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/463747 |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=36–38 |doi=10.1086/463747 |issn=0020-7071}}</ref> What the Nicola called themselves and their language is unknown. The [[Salishan]]-speaking [[Thompson language|Thompson]] Indigenous people who absorbed them (today's [[Nicola people]], in part) referred to them as the {{IPA|[stuwix]}} "the strangers". |
'''Nicola''' is an extinct [[Athabascan]] language formerly spoken in the [[Similkameen Country|Similkameen]] and [[Nicola Country|Nicola Countries]] of [[British Columbia]] by the group known to linguists and ethnographers as the [[Nicola Athapaskans|Nicola people]], although that name in modern usage refers to an alliance of Interior Salishan bands living in the same area. Almost nothing is known of the language. The available material published by [[Franz Boas]] required only three pages.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boas |first=Franz |date=July 1924 |title=Vocabulary of the Athapascan Tribe of Nicola Valley, British Columbia |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/463747 |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=36–38 |doi=10.1086/463747 |issn=0020-7071}}</ref> What the Nicola called themselves and their language is unknown. The [[Salishan]]-speaking [[Thompson language|Thompson]] Indigenous people who absorbed them (today's [[Nicola people]], in part) referred to them as the {{IPA|[stuwix]}} "the strangers". |
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So little is known of the language that beyond the fact that it is Athabascan it cannot be classified. Some linguists have suggested that it is merely a displaced dialect of [[ |
So little is known of the language that beyond the fact that it is Athabascan it cannot be classified. Some linguists have suggested that it is merely a displaced dialect of [[Tsilhqotʼin language|Chilcotin]], but the evidence is too little to allow a decision. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:42, 26 August 2024
| Nicola | |
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| Native to | Canada |
| Region | British Columbia |
| Ethnicity | Nicola Athapaskans |
| Extinct | early 1900s[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qs7 | |
| Glottolog | nico1265 Nicola Valley Athabaskan |
Nicola is an extinct Athabascan language formerly spoken in the Similkameen and Nicola Countries of British Columbia by the group known to linguists and ethnographers as the Nicola people, although that name in modern usage refers to an alliance of Interior Salishan bands living in the same area. Almost nothing is known of the language. The available material published by Franz Boas required only three pages.[2] What the Nicola called themselves and their language is unknown. The Salishan-speaking Thompson Indigenous people who absorbed them (today's Nicola people, in part) referred to them as the [stuwix] "the strangers".
So little is known of the language that beyond the fact that it is Athabascan it cannot be classified. Some linguists have suggested that it is merely a displaced dialect of Chilcotin, but the evidence is too little to allow a decision.
References
- ^ "The Nicola Language".
- ^ Boas, Franz (July 1924). "Vocabulary of the Athapascan Tribe of Nicola Valley, British Columbia". International Journal of American Linguistics. 3 (1): 36–38. doi:10.1086/463747. ISSN 0020-7071.