A member of an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest, or their language belonging to the Salish language family.
From the Kwakwaka'wakw word meaning 'abundant' or 'plentiful.' The Comox people inhabited areas of present-day British Columbia. The term refers to both the people and their distinct Coast Salish language.
The Comox language is an endangered language with fewer than 20 fluent speakers today—but linguistic efforts to revitalize it are happening, and each word preserved carries thousands of years of specific knowledge about Pacific Northwest ecosystems.
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