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 |