Meaning of Halq'eméylem | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“Little more than a generation ago, students were punished for speaking Halq’eméylem. So it was a special occasion as the sound of the Coast Salish language rang through the halls of Hatzic Middle School in Mission, B.C., this month. More than 120 students from 12 schools across the Fraser Valley gathered for an annual translation contest in Halq’eméylem, the language of Sto:lo communities. There is currently only one fluent Halq’eméylem speaker, a woman in her 80s.”

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