Meaning of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Squamish
   plural, singular
2. Squamish language.

Examples

“But when Kwetásel’wet (Steph Wood), who is Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, attended public school in North Vancouver, the focus of her history classes was elsewhere.”

“The event, open to the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh community, will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre in West Vancouver.”

“I spent the remaining two hours of our British Columbia drive eagle-eyed, looking for more Indigenous signage. They felt like an invitation to learn more and a reminder that there is deep meaning in all these natural features, and compelled me to dive into a Google rabbit hole where I found a YouTube explainer on pronunciation that treated me to an earful of Sea to Sky Highway roadsigns read by a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh individual.”

“The language school’s philosophy is to create an immersion setting in a homelike environment for babies and their families. Since Sḵwx̱wú7mesh was historically an oral language without a formal writing system, a writing developed over the years, and the current system was adopted officially in 1990.”

CEFR level