Columbia-Moses language


Columbia-Moses, or Columbia-Wenatchi, is a Southern Interior Salish language, also known as Nxaảmxcín. Speakers currently reside on the Colville Indian Reservation
There are two dialects, Columbia and Wenatchi. Wenatchi is the heritage language of the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat tribes, Columbian of the Sinkiuse-Columbia.

Phonology

Phonology of the Columbia-Wenatchi dialect:
The three vowels in Columbia-Moses are /i/, /a/, /u/. They are sometimes transcribed as ; /i/, ; /u/, and ; /a/, and could also tend to sound unstressed, almost as a schwa sound, /ə/.