Makah
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Makah is an Indigenous language of the Southern Wakashan family traditionally spoken by the Makah people of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language
ⓘ
Wakashan language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Makah Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ditidaht language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
core component of Makah identity
ⓘ
integral to Makah ceremonial life ⓘ |
| documentation |
archival field notes by linguists
ⓘ
audio recordings of elders ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Makah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | maka1318 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Makah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Makah Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Wakashan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | OZET dialect ⓘ |
| hasDictionary | Makah-English dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammarDescription | reference grammar of Makah ⓘ |
| hasOnlineResources | digital Makah language learning materials ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | community-developed practical orthography ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | myh ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Southern Wakashan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wakashan ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization |
Makah language classes in schools
ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Klallam language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quileute language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ |
| region | Neah Bay, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Olympic Peninsula ⓘ |
| status | heritage language ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Southern Wakashan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | head-marking morphology ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Makah Cultural and Research Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Makah schools in Neah Bay ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| usedBy | Makah Tribal Council in cultural programs ⓘ |
| usedIn | Makah cultural education materials ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southern Wakashan languages