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A Guide to the Pronounciation of Musqueam and Squamish Place Names Around Vancouver
Vancouver & The Province Austin Witter Vancouver & The Province Austin Witter

A Guide to the Pronounciation of Musqueam and Squamish Place Names Around Vancouver

As the local government takes more and more steps towards reconciliation, signs in local Indigenous languages have popped up around the city. The vast majority of these are written in one of two languages native to the Vancouver area: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (also written as Hul’q’umi’num), the Musqueam language, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, the Squamish language.

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