Multnomah dialect

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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.

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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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Chinookan languages hasPart Multnomah dialect