Saanich Verb Database

SENĆOŦEN [sən'ʧɑθən], also known as
Saanich, is the language of the Saanich First Nations community, from the
Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island, Canada, and neighbouring Gulf and San
Juan Islands. Along with five closely related Northern Straits dialects, it
belongs to the Salish language family (Central Salish branch). The Northern
Straits language is one of 32 indigeneous languages of British Columbia.

The Saanich Verb Database is a searchable archive of sentences, verbs, and roots from
the Saanich language.

The database was created for the project 'SENĆOŦEN on the web: Access for linguists
and community', funded by the British Academy.

Fieldwork funding for data collection came from a variety of sources:

2004-2006: SSHRC grant to Suzanne Urbanczyk (University of Victoria);

2008-2010: University of Surrey, Jacobs Fund, Phillips Fund, British Association for
Canadian Studies;

2011-2013: a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship to Claire Turner;

The support of all funding organisations is gratefully acknowledged.

HÍ SW KE SIIÁM to the four Saanich elders who shared these examples. The examples
from 2006-2010 come from two male elders who wish to remain anonymous, one from the
Tsartlip First Nation and one from the Tsawout First Nation. Later examples come from
Mrs. Mary Jack of the Tseycum First Nation and Mrs. Anne Jimmy of the Tsawout First
Nation. We are very grateful for all of their hard work.

Thanks also go to: the Saanich Apprentices, John Elliott and Janet Leonard for
feedback and language help; Suzanne Urbanczyk and Lisa Matthewson for research
guidance; and Raphael Finkel of the University of Kentucky for automatic conversion
between alphabets and database help.