Kiksht
E562290
Kiksht is the traditional Chinookan language historically spoken by the Wasco and related Indigenous peoples of the Columbia River region in the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiksht canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinookan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Upper Chinook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wasco-Wishram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Columbia River treaty fishing communities
ⓘ
Warm Springs Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakama Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Wasco-Wishram identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Franz Boas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Zenk NERFINISHED ⓘ Melville Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
English language dominance
ⓘ
boarding schools ⓘ colonial assimilation policies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Wasco people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wishram people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Wasco dialect
ⓘ
Wishram dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ prefixing and suffixing ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
Celilo Falls area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dalles area ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinookan languages
ⓘ
Penutian (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Chinuk Wawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nez Perce NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahaptin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Upper Chinookan branch ⓘ |
| region | Plateau cultural area ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Columbia River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
moribund language
ⓘ
severely endangered language ⓘ |
| subjectOf | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.