Languages
- Northern
- Shuswap (AKA Secwepemctsín, səxwəpməxcín)
- Lillooet (AKA Lilloet, St'át'imcets)
- Thompson River Salish (AKA Nlakaʼpamux, Ntlakapmuk, nɬeʔkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier
- Southern
- Coeur d’Alene (AKA Snchitsuʼumshtsn, snčícuʔumšcn)
- Columbia-Moses (AKA Columbia, Nxaʔamxcín)
- Colville-Okanagan (AKA Okanagan, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, ta nukunaqínxcən)
- Montana Salish (Spokane-Kalispel-Flathead, Kalispel–Pend d'Oreille language, Spokane–Kalispel–Bitterroot Salish–Upper Pend d'Oreille)
The Southern Interior Salish languages share many common phonemic values but are separated by both vowel and consonant shifts (for example k k̓ x > č č' š).
Read more about this topic: Interior Salish Languages
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