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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cowlitz Salish canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4931089 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowlitz Salish Context triple: [Cowlitz people, traditionalLanguage, Cowlitz Salish]
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A.
Suquamish
The Suquamish are a Coast Salish Native American tribe from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, historically known for their maritime culture and as the people of Chief Seattle.
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B.
Cowlitz River
The Cowlitz River is a significant river in southwestern Washington State, known for its salmon and steelhead runs, hydroelectric dams, and role in regional recreation and fisheries.
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C.
Quileute
The Quileute are a Native American tribe from the Pacific Northwest Coast, known for their rich cultural traditions and their fictionalized portrayal in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
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D.
Chehalis River
The Chehalis River is a major river in southwestern Washington State that flows through forested valleys and agricultural lands before emptying into Grays Harbor on the Pacific coast.
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E.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowlitz Salish Target entity description: Cowlitz Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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A.
Suquamish
The Suquamish are a Coast Salish Native American tribe from the Puget Sound region of Washington State, historically known for their maritime culture and as the people of Chief Seattle.
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B.
Cowlitz River
The Cowlitz River is a significant river in southwestern Washington State, known for its salmon and steelhead runs, hydroelectric dams, and role in regional recreation and fisheries.
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C.
Quileute
The Quileute are a Native American tribe from the Pacific Northwest Coast, known for their rich cultural traditions and their fictionalized portrayal in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
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D.
Chehalis River
The Chehalis River is a major river in southwestern Washington State that flows through forested valleys and agricultural lands before emptying into Grays Harbor on the Pacific coast.
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E.
Skokomish River
The Skokomish River is a river in western Washington State that flows from the Olympic Mountains through Mason County into Hood Canal, known for its salmon runs and frequent flooding.
- F. None of above. chosen
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) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cowlitz Salish Description of subject: Cowlitz Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.