Halkomelem Dialects

 

  Island Downriver Upriver
Phonological differences:      
'one' nuc'a' nuc'a' luc'e
'ten' 'apun 'apun 'apul
'door, road' shelh xelh xelh
'sea lion' shes xes xes
'walk' 'imush 'imux 'imux
'bear' spe'eth spe'eth spe:th
'father' men men me:l
'mother' ten ten te:l
'the' masc, vis. tthu tu tu
       
Lexical differences:      
'big' thi thi hi:kw
'box' xhthum kw'axwu kw'axwu
'ear' qw'u:n' qw'i:n' qw'o:l
'ice' sthima' spiw spiw
'look' lumnuxw kw'ucnuxw kw'uc'luxw
'deer' smuyuth smuyuth tl'elqtulu

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