Interior Salish languages
The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches.
These languages are spoken by the Interior Salish peoples. The first Interior Salish people encountered by American explorers were the Bitterroot Salish.
Languages
Languages with no living native speakers are marked with an obelisk,.- Interior Salish
- * Northern
- **Shuswap, also known as Secwepemctsín and səxwəpməxcín.
- **Lillooet, also known as St'át'imcets.
- **Thompson River Salish,
- ***Spuzzum dialect, also called Lower Thompson
- ***sƛ̓eyéxʷcín
- ***nk̓əmcínxcín
- ***Nicola dialect
- * Southern
- **Coeur d’Alene, also known as Snchitsuʼumshtsn and snčícuʔumšcn.
- **Columbia-Moses, also known as Columbia and Nxaʔamxcín.
- **Colville-Okanagan, also known as Okanagan, Nxsəlxcin, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, and ta nukunaqínxcən.
- **Montana Salish, also known as Spokane-Kalispel-Flathead, Kalispel–Pend d'Oreille language, and Spokane–Kalispel–Bitterroot Salish–Upper Pend d'Oreille.
Interior Salish speaking peoples
Northern
- Secwepemc, also known as Shuswap, Secwepemctsín, səxwəpməxcín.
- St̓át̓imc, also known as Stlʼatlʼimx, Stlʼatlʼimc, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc.
- Nlaka'pamux, also known as Thompson River Salish, Ntlakapmuk, Ntleʼkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier times as the Hakamaugh, Klackarpun, Couteau or Knife Indians.
Central
- Colville, Sinixt, Sanpoil, Okanagan, and Methow, all of whom speak Nxsəlxcin, nsyilxcən.
Eastern
- Spokane, Kalispel, and the Flathead, including the Bitterroot, all of whom speak Montana Salish.
Southern
- Sinkiuse-Columbia, Entiat, Wenatchi, and Chelan, all of whom traditionally speak or spoke Columbia-Moses, also known as Nxaảmxcín, Sinkiuse-Columbia, Sinkiuse, Columbia.
- Coeur d'Alene people, also known as Schitsu'umsh or Skitswish.