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The Comox Dialect, is also known as ʔAyajuθəm (eye-ya-joo-thum) which translates to "the language of our people." ʔAyajuθəm is also referred to as some as "q̓yʔq̓yʔɛmixʷq̓ɛnəm  (The language of the human beings".

ʔAyajuθəm was spoken by Sliammon, (Tla'amin, ɬəʔamɛn) and other interconnected Indigenous communities known as xʷɛməɬkʷ (Homalco) and ƛoXos (Klahoose).

ʔAyajuθəm, is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands. More specifically ʔAyajuθəm was traditionally spoken in Bute Inlet (also known as Church House), in Squirrel Cove, also known as Cortez Island, and in Sliammon, located in the area now known as Powell River.

It has two main dialects, Island Comox, associated with the K'omoks First Nation, and Mainland Comox, associated with the Sliammon(ʔAyajuθəm), Klahoose and Homalco peoples. As of 2012, "The Island Comox dialect has no remaining speakers," according to Ethnologue. The language that is now spoken in by the Comox band is Kwakwala, due to the southward expansion of the Lekwiltok in late 19th century. The term comox is not an ʔAyajuθəm word, it is a Kwakwala term meaning "Plenty" "Abundance" or "Wealth".

''Efforts to revitalize, rejuvenate, and revive ʔAyajuθəm have started in the Sliammon, Homalco and Klahoose First Nations. Children in daycare, preschool are being taught ʔAyajuθəm in schools on Cortez Island, Campbell River (the current city where many of the Homalco people have resettled) and'' is now being taught in school district #47 (Powell River). ʔAyajuθəm and is also being accepted as a second language that fulfils graduation requirements. In Powell River ʔAyajuθəm is taught from daycare through grade 12.

An community accord was signed in 2003 between Sliammon First Nation and the municipality of Powell River. The municipality of Powell River has started to place the traditional Sliammon names in addition to the settler names on signs found throughout district.

A Sliammon iPhone app was released in March 2012. An online dictionary, phrasebook, and language learning portal is available at First Voices. In addition to the First Voices site, there are ʔAyajuθəm dictionaries from Sliammon and Homalco, CD's containing ʔAyajuθəm and children's books containing ʔAyajuθəm available throughout Powell River, Campbell River and Cortez Islands.