Comox

COO

moribund

Alternate Names: Comox-Sliammon

Dialects: Island Comox, Mainland Comox (Homalco, Klahoose, Sliammon). All use the mainland dialect.

Genealogy:

Salish
Central Salish

Demographics: 40 (Watanabe and Sasama 2007). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Golla 2007).

Language Use: Community-based language projects. Older adults. Speakers are highly bilingual in English [eng]. Some in ethnic group speak English as L1.

Language Development: Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Canada

Other Comments: Island Comox dialect has no remaining L1 speakers.