Cowlitz language

E480582

Indigenous language of North America Native American language Salishan language

The Cowlitz language is an Indigenous Salishan language of the Pacific Northwest historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of what is now southwestern Washington State.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cowlitz language canonical	1
Puyallup language	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Native American language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ
belongsTo	Northwest Coast linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Lower Chehalis language NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Chehalis language NERFINISHED ⓘ other Coast Salish languages ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRole	key marker of Cowlitz identity ⓘ
documentationBy	linguists specializing in Salishan languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Cowlitz people NERFINISHED ⓘ
family	Salishan NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode	cowl1242 ⓘ
glottologName	Cowlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Cowlitz Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ Cowlitz Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain	place names in southwestern Washington ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	head-marking ⓘ polysynthetic ⓘ
hasMorphology	complex verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant-rich inventory ⓘ contrastive glottalization ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Cowlitz Indian Tribe reservation and diaspora communities ⓘ
historicallySpokenBy	Cowlitz Indian Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ Cowlitz people of southwestern Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	southwestern Washington State ⓘ
iso639-3	cow ⓘ
isPartOf	Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
languageEndangerment	severely threatened ⓘ
languageFamily	Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Cowlitz Indian Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
revitalizationEffort	community language classes ⓘ curriculum development ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ
spokenIn	Cowlitz River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Columbia River area NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
status	critically endangered language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
subfamily	Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	ceremonial contexts ⓘ oral history ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cowlitz people → traditionalLanguage → Cowlitz language ⓘ

Tahoma → traditionalNameLanguage → Cowlitz language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puyallup language