Looking for sentences and phrases with the word Salishan? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
According to Kinkade, at least six or seven out of the twenty-three Salishan languages utilize a special affix to indicate what he calls third-person topic objects.
Examples from Classical Literature
The Cowlitz were a numerous and powerful tribe of Salishan stock, in the valley of the river of that name.
This may also be said of some of the Salishan tribes, though others of the same stock have complicated systems.
Upon the southeast Salishan tribes extended into Montana, including the upper drainage of the Columbia.
Of the above tribes the Okinagan are now known to be Salishan.
He printed a Salishan grammar, and prepared a Salishan-English dictionary.
