Chehalis language
E1003856
The Chehalis language is a now-extinct Salishan language once spoken by the Chehalis people of western Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chehalis language canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Salishan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chehalis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tsihalis ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn | field notes by linguists of Salishan languages ⓘ |
| endonym | Łəw̓ál̕məš (for Lower Chehalis, sometimes associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chehalis people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | language shift to English ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lower Chehalis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Chehalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
predicate-initial word order tendencies
ⓘ
reduplication ⓘ use of lexical suffixes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
ergative-like alignment patterns ⓘ head-marking ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | cea ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Coast Salish subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Coastal Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cowlitz language
ⓘ
Halkomelem language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lushootseed language NERFINISHED ⓘ Squamish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Chehalis people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Pacific Northwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Washington State ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedHistoricallyFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
everyday communication among Chehalis people ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.