Chinookan languages

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Chinook
Tsinúk
Geographic
distribution:		 Columbia River Valley
Linguistic classification: Penutian ?
  • Chinook
Subdivisions:
Ethnologue code: 17-3849

Pre-contact distribution of Chinookan languages

Chinookan is a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.

Family division

Chinookan languages consist of three languages with multiple varieties. There is some dispute over classification, and there are two ISO 639-3 codes assigned: chh (Chinook, Lower Chinook) and wac (Wasco-Wishram, Upper Chinook). For example, Ethnologue 15e classifies Kiksht as Lower Chinook, while others consider it instead Upper Chinook (discussion), and others a separate language.

  • Lower Chinook (also known as Chinook-proper or Coastal Chinook), now extinct (†).[citation needed]
  • Kathlamet (also known as Katlamat, Cathlamet), now extinct (†).
  • Upper Chinook (also known as Kiksht, Columbia Chinook)

See also

Chinook Jargon – a pidgin based on Chinookan and with many words adapted from other languages, which was used in trade along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjoining areas inland.

References

    A Chinookan Phonetic Law E. Sapir International Journal of American Linguistics , Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan., 1926) , pp. 105-110 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1263359

    Hymes, Dell. "A Pattern Of Verbal Irony In Chinookan." International Journal Of The Sociology Of Language 1987.65 (1987): 97-110. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.

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    External links

    Chinookan languages test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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