薩利希語系

萨利希语系，若根據當地華民對原住民的稱呼，亦可作沙利殊語系。它是北美原住民的一个语系，一共包括23种语言，現時分為以下三個分支：貝拉庫拉語族、海岸薩利希語族及內陸薩利希語族。

萨利希语言分布在美国华盛顿州以及加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省環萨利希海一带。

这些语言最显著的特征之一是其极为复杂的辅音结构，例如努哈尔克语（Nuxálk）单词xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓ （国际音标：[]）“他曾经有过一棵草茱萸”有连续13个辅音，中间没有元音。

分支 

薩利希語系總共有23種語言，下列為這個語系所包括的所有語言、方言及次方言。這個分類表純綷照語言學的角度來分類，不涉及政治分界上的考慮。若依照當地原住民社群的意願，不少方言都被認為應視作獨立的語言。

貝拉庫拉語族（Bella Coola）
 1. 努哈尔克语 (Nuxálk，又名 Bella Coola, Salmon River)
 Kimsquit
 貝拉庫拉語
 Kwatna
 Tallheo

海岸薩利希語族（Coast Salish）

 A. 中部海岸薩利希語 (a.k.a. Central Salish)
 2. Comox
 Island Comox (a.k.a. Qʼómox̣ʷs)
 Sliammon (Homalco-Klahoose-Sliammon) (a.k.a. ʔayʔaǰúθəm)
 3. 哈爾魁梅林語
 Island (a.k.a. Hulʼq̱ʼumiʼnumʼ, həl̕q̓əmín̓əm̓)
 Cowichan
 Snuneymuxw/Nanaimo
 Downriver (a.k.a. Hunqʼumʔiʔnumʔ)
 Musqueam
 Upriver (a.k.a. Upper Sto:lo, Halqʼəméyləm)
 Katzie
 Kwantlen
 Chehalis (Canada)
 Chilliwack
 Tait
 Skway
 4. Lushootseed (a.k.a. Puget Salish, Skagit-Nisqually, Dxʷləšúcid)
 Northern
 Skagit (a.k.a. Skaǰət)
 Snohomish (a.k.a. Sduhubš)
 Southern
 Duwamish-Suquamish (a.k.a. Dxʷduʔabš)
 Puyallup (a.k.a. Spuyaləpubš)
 Nisqually (a.k.a. Sqʷaliʔabš)
 5. Nooksack (a.k.a. Nooksack ɬə́čələsəm, ɬə́čælosəm) (†)
 6. Pentlatch (a.k.a. Pənƛ̕áč) (†)
 7. Sháshíshálh (a.k.a. Sechelt, Seshelt, Shashishalhem, šášíšáɬəm)
 8. Squamish (a.k.a. Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Sqwxwu7mish, sqʷx̣ʷúʔməš)
 i. Straits Salish group (a.k.a. Straits)
 9. Klallam (a.k.a. Clallam, Nəxʷsƛ̕áy̓emúcən)
 Becher Bay
 Eastern
 Western
 10. 北方海峽薩利希語 (a.k.a. Straits)
 Lummi (a.k.a. Xwlemiʼchosen, xʷləmiʔčósən) (†)
 Saanich (a.k.a. SENĆOŦEN, sənčáθən, sénəčqən)
 Samish (a.k.a. Siʔneməš)
 Semiahmoo (a.k.a. Tah-tu-lo) (†)
 Sooke (a.k.a. Tʼsou-ke, c̓awk) (†)
 Songhees (a.k.a. Lək̓ʷəŋín̓əŋ) (†)
 11. Twana (a.k.a. Skokomish, Sqʷuqʷúʔbəšq, Tuwáduqutšad) (†)
 Quilcene
 Skokomish (a.k.a. Sqʷuqʷúʔbəšq)

 B. Tsamosan (a.k.a. Olympic)
 i. Inland
 12. Cowlitz (a.k.a. Lower Cowlitz, Sƛ̕púlmš) (†)
 13. Upper Chehalis (a.k.a. Q̉ʷay̓áyiɬq̉) (†)
 Oakville Chehalis
 Satsop
 Tenino Chehalis
 ii. Maritime
 14. Lower Chehalis (a.k.a. ɬəw̓ál̕məš) (†)
 Humptulips
 Westport-Shoalwater
 Wynoochee
 15. Quinault (a.k.a. Kʷínayɬ)
 Queets
 Quinault

 C. Tillamook
 16. Tillamook (a.k.a. Hutyéyu) (†)
 Siletz
 Siletz
 Tillamook
 Garibaldi-Nestucca
 Nehalem

內陸薩利希語族（Interior Salish）

 A. 北部（Northern）
 17.  (在 Ubuntu 作 Secwepemctsín，səxwəpməxcín)
 東部方言
 Kinbasket
 Shuswap Lake
 西部方言
 Canim Lake
 Chu Chua
 Deadman's Creek–Kamloops
 Fraser River
 Pavilion-Bonaparte
 18. Stʼatʼimcets (a.k.a. Lillooet, Lilloet, St'át'imcets)
 Lillooet-Fountain
 Mount Currie–Douglas
 19. Thompson River Salish (a.k.a. Nlakaʼpamux, Ntlakapmuk, nɬeʔkepmxcín, Thompson River, Thompson Salish, Thompson, known in frontier times as the Hakamaugh, Klackarpun, Couteau or Knife Indians)
 Lytton
 Nicola Valley
 Spuzzum–Boston Bar
 Thompson Canyon

 B. 南部（Southern）
 20. Coeur d’Alene (a.k.a. Snchitsuʼumshtsn, snčícuʔumšcn)
 21. Columbia-Moses (a.k.a. Columbia, Nxaʔamxcín)
 Chelan
 Entiat
 Columbian
 Wenatchee (a.k.a. Pesquous)
 22. Colville-Okanagan (a.k.a. Okanagan, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, ta nukunaqínxcən)
 Northern
 Quilchena & Spaxomin
 Arrow Lakes
 Penticton
 Similkameen
 Vernon
 Southern
 Colville-Inchelium
 Methow
 San Poil–Nespelem
 Southern Okanogan
 23. Spokane-Kalispel-Bitterroot Salish-Upper Pend d'Oreille
 Salish (a.k.a. Séliš, Bitterroot Salish, Flathead)
 Kalispel (a.k.a. Qalispé)
 Chewelah
 Kalispel (a.k.a. Qlispé, Lower Pend d'Oreille, Lower Kalispel)
 Upper Pend d’Oreile (a.k.a. Čłqetkʷmcin, Qlispé)
 Spokane (a.k.a. Npoqínišcn)
Pentlatch, Nooksack, Twana, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, Cowlitz, 及 Tillamook 等多個語言現時均已消亡。此外，北方海峽的 Lummi, Semiahmoo, Songhees 及 Sooke 等方言亦同樣已消亡。

参考资料

脚注

參考文獻

 Boas, Franz, et al. (1917). Folk-Tales of Salishan and Sahaptin Tribes. Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society, 11. Lancaster, Pa: American Folk-Lore Society.
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外部链接

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91083 
Bibliography of Materials on Salishan Languages  (YDLI)
University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics (UMOPL) (Native languages of the Northwest)
Coast Salish Culture: an Outline Bibliography
Coast Salish Collections
International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages 
The Salishan Studies List (Linguist List)
Okanagan language resources  (includes sound files)
Native Peoples, Plants & Animals: Halkomelem 
Saanich (Timothy Montler's site)
Klallam (Timothy Montler's site)
A Bibliography of Northwest Coast Linguistics
Classification of the Salishan languages reflecting current scholarship 
Ethnologue classification for Salishan 
Nkwusm Salish Language Institute

语系
萨利希语系
北美洲原住民语言