Squamish is spoken on the southern coast of mainland British Columbia.

The indigenous name of the language is /sqwxwú?m@sh/, for which the practical spelling used in the community is Skwxwú7mesh. The English name is an anglicization of the indigenous name.

Squamish is a Salishan language.

• Squamish Bibliography
• Squamish Nation Declaration on Language

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