Chimakuan languages
E484292
The Chimakuan languages are a small family of now-extinct Indigenous languages once spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chimakuan languages canonical | 5 |
| Chimakuan language | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alignment | active–stative alignment (Quileute) ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Chimakuan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chimakuan family NERFINISHED ⓘ Quileute–Chemakum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arealAssociation |
Northwest Coast linguistic area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfEndangerment |
assimilation policies in the United States
ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ language shift to English ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentationStatus |
moderately documented (Quileute)
ⓘ
poorly documented (Chemakum) ⓘ |
| extinction | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| geneticRelation | language isolate family (no proven relatives) ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | chim1310 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Chimakuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOClassification | no ISO 639-5 code ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chemakum language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chimacum language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chimakum language NERFINISHED ⓘ Quileute language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
post-contact colonial period
ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | polysynthetic language family ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
derivational affixation ⓘ incorporation of nouns into verbs ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
Chemakum language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quileute language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some varieties)
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Olympic Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
historical linguistics of the Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
language contact on the Northwest Coast ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Chemakum people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chimakum people NERFINISHED ⓘ Quileute people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Native American language family
ⓘ
North American indigenous language family ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chimakuan language