Lushootseed
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Lushootseed is a Coast Salish Native American language traditionally spoken in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lushootseed canonical | 20 |
| Southern Lushootseed | 4 |
| Northern Lushootseed | 2 |
| Suquamish dialect of Lushootseed | 2 |
| Coast Salish languages | 1 |
| Straits Salish languages | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| glottocode | lush1253 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Lushootseed
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Lushootseed
Lushootseed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Lushootseed
|
| hasFeature |
aspectual morphology
ⓘ
complex consonant clusters ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ limited vowel inventory ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ pronominal clitics ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ stress-based prosody ⓘ verb-initial tendencies ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | lut ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages ⓘ |
| region | Puget Sound ⓘ |
| revitalization |
community immersion programs
ⓘ
language classes in tribal communities ⓘ language programs in schools ⓘ university courses ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Coast Salish peoples
ⓘ
Duwamish people ⓘ Muckleshoot Indian Tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Muckleshoot people
Nisqually people ⓘ Puyallup people ⓘ Upper Skagit people ⓘ
surface form:
Skagit peoples
Snohomish people ⓘ Squaxin Island Tribe ⓘ Stillaguamish people ⓘ Suquamish people ⓘ Lummi people ⓘ
surface form:
Swinomish people
Tulalip Tribes ⓘ Upper Skagit people ⓘ other Coast Salish tribes of Puget Sound ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Puget Sound lowland forests
ⓘ
surface form:
Puget Sound lowlands
Washington ⓘ |
| state | Washington ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Coast Salish peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Coast Salish
|
| traditionalArea |
Puget Sound region
ⓘ
surface form:
Puget Sound region of Washington State
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ songs ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin-based orthography
ⓘ
phonemic orthography ⓘ |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coast Salish languages
this entity surface form:
Straits Salish languages
this entity surface form:
Southern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Northern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Northern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Southern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Southern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Southern Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Suquamish dialect of Lushootseed
this entity surface form:
Suquamish dialect of Lushootseed