Pentlatch language
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The Pentlatch or Puntlatch or Puntledge language is a Salishan language that was spoken on Canada
's Vancouver Island
in a small area between Comox
and Campbell River, British Columbia
. Pentlatch became extinct in the 1940s. The name of this people and their language survives on the modern map as that of the Puntledge River.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
in a small area between Comox
Comox, British Columbia
Comox is a town of 12,000 people located on a small peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil and abundant sea life attracted First Nations thousands of years ago, who called the area kw’umuxws...
and Campbell River, British Columbia
Campbell River, British Columbia
Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
. Pentlatch became extinct in the 1940s. The name of this people and their language survives on the modern map as that of the Puntledge River.