Upper Chehalis language
| Upper Chehalis | |
|---|---|
| Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉ | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 2001[1] |
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Salishan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
cjh |
| Glottolog |
uppe1439[2] |
Upper Chehalis (Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. In some classifications, Upper Chehalis is placed closer to Cowlitz than it is to Lower Chehalis.
References
- ↑ Upper Chehalis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Upper Chehalis". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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