Multnomah dialect
E440119
The Multnomah dialect is a variety of the Chinookan language traditionally spoken by the Multnomah people in the lower Columbia River region of the Pacific Northwest.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinookan language variety
ⓘ
Native American language variety ⓘ |
| associatedArea |
Portland, Oregon area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sauvie Island area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation | Multnomah traditional culture ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | linguistic field notes on Lower Chinookan ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Multnomah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing and suffixing ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinookan
ⓘ
Penutian (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinookan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peopleAlsoSpeak | English (in modern times) ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
lower Columbia River region ⓘ |
| relatedDialect |
Clackamas dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathlamet dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasco-Wishram dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Multnomah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInPastTense | was traditionally spoken along the lower Columbia River ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Lower Chinookan languages ⓘ |
| traditionalStatus | indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in modern documentation) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.