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is used at the beginning of words that would otherwise start with vowels. Further, there can never be two vowel sounds in a row. The glottal stop is often inserted between the two consecutive vowels, such as at the end of a word root and beginning of a suffix. Another solution for consecutive vowels
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In 1999, the language was spoken by fewer than forty elderly people. A grammar guide for the language was published by linguist Ron
Beaumont in 1985, based on the Sechelt language course he helped design for local high schools participating in the Native Environmental Studies Program. In 2011, he
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For verbs, suffixes are added to mark the subject and tense, as well as to make the statement a question or add adverbial information. All pronouns in
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When the /i/ is between voiced back consonants and /ʔ/ it is realized as , while when it is between two other consonants it is realized as . If it is between a combination of the two groups it is realized as a vowel in between and , usually closer to . The vowel is also realized as when the
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The /ə/ is realized as when after ⟨y, ch, ch', sh, k, k'⟩. After consonants with lip rounding it is realized as , and after ⟨h, k, ḵ', m, p', t', tl', x̱, ʔ⟩ it is realized as . When /ə/ is in an unstressed syllable between two voiceless consonants it is also voiceless.
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exemplified by two different wordings of the question “Were you afraid?”, with the first one emphasizing the word “afraid” and the second emphasizing that it happened in the past.
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Pidgeon, Michelle; Munoz, Marissa; Kirkness, Verna J.; Archibald, Jo-Ann (10 December 2021). "Indian
Control of Indian Education: Reflections and Envisioning the Next 40 Years".
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Sechelt is classified as Critically Endangered by the
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Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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1632:. Penticton, B. C.: Theytus Books.
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1798:Beaumont, Ronald C. (2011).
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1536:'Are you listening?'
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2183:Languages of Canada
1712:www.firstvoices.com
1362:'Is this your dog?'
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