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North Straits Salish is a Salish language which includes the dialects ofLummi (AKA Xwlemiʼchosen xʷləmiʔčósən) (†)Saanich (AKA SENĆOŦEN sənčáθən sénəčqən)Samish (AKA Siʔneməš)Semiahmoo (AKA Tah-tu-lo) (†)T’sou-ke or Sooke (AKA Tʼsou-ke c̓awk) (†)Songhees (AKA Lək̓ʷəŋín̓əŋ or Lekwungen or Songish) three speakers (2011)Although they are mutually intelligible each dialect is traditionally referred to as if it were a separate language and there is no native term to encompass them all.North Straits along with Klallam forms the Straits Salish branch of the Central Coast Salish languages.

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