Cowlitz Salish
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Cowlitz Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Salishan language ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Cowlitz River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cowlitz Indian Tribe (federally recognized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | North American Pacific Northwest linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chinookan area contact languages
ⓘ
Lower Chehalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Chehalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
carrier of Cowlitz oral traditions
ⓘ
marker of Cowlitz identity ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Franz Boas (comparative Salishan work)
ⓘ
Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | field notes by early 20th‑century linguists ⓘ |
| endonymOf | Cowlitz language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cowlitz people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | cowl1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cowlitz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cowlitz Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ predicate‑initial word order tendencies ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | head‑marking ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
rich consonant clusters ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Lower Cowlitz River valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | cow ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
Chinook Jargon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Coast Salish branch of Salishan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffortBy | Cowlitz Indian Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Cowlitz people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Coast Salish language ⓘ |
| timeDepthOfDocumentation | late 19th century to 20th century ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
place names ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in modern documentation) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.