Lushootseed
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Lushootseed is a Coast Salish Native American language traditionally spoken in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
Aliases (4)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish language
→
Native American language → indigenous language of North America → language → |
| country |
United States
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|
| endangermentStatus |
severely endangered
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|
| glottocode |
lush1253
→
|
| hasDialect |
Northern Lushootseed
→
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
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|
| languageFamily |
Salishan languages
→
|
| region |
Puget Sound
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|
| revitalization |
community immersion programs
→
language classes in tribal communities → language programs in schools → university courses → |
| spokenBy |
Coast Salish peoples
→
Duwamish people → Muckleshoot people → Nisqually people → Puyallup people → Skagit peoples → Snohomish people → Squaxin Island Tribe → Stillaguamish people → Suquamish people → Swinomish people → Tulalip Tribes → Upper Skagit people → other Coast Salish tribes of Puget Sound → |
| spokenIn |
Puget Sound lowlands
→
Washington → |
| state |
Washington
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|
| subfamily |
Coast Salish
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|
| traditionalArea |
Puget Sound region of Washington State
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|
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
→
oral history → songs → traditional stories → |
| writingSystem |
Latin-based orthography
→
phonemic orthography → |
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Coast Salish peoples
("Straits Salish languages")
→
Coast Salish peoples ("Southern Lushootseed") → Coast Salish peoples ("Northern Lushootseed") → |
hasLanguage |
|
Chief Seattle
→
Duwamish → Sealth → |
nativeLanguage |
|
Duwamish people
→
Port Madison Reservation → Suquamish → |
traditionalLanguage |
|
Lushootseed
("Northern Lushootseed")
→
Lushootseed ("Southern Lushootseed") → |
hasDialect |
|
Suquamish Cemetery
→
|
hasLanguageOfCommunity |
|
Coast Salish peoples
("Coast Salish languages")
→
|
languageBranch |
|
Sealth
→
|
languageSpoken |
|
Chief Seattle
→
|
spokeLanguage |