Wishram language

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Wishram language is a critically endangered Chinookan language of the Pacific Northwest traditionally spoken by the Wishram people along the Columbia River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinookan language
Native American language
critically endangered language
alsoKnownAs Upper Chinook NERFINISHED
Wishram-Wasco NERFINISHED
associatedTribe Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Wasco language NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRole important in traditional stories and ceremonies
documentation documented by linguists in the 20th century
endangermentCause language shift to English
ethnicity Wishram people NERFINISHED
family Chinookan NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 wac
languageBranch Upper Chinook NERFINISHED
languageFamily Penutian (proposed) NERFINISHED
morphologicalType polysynthetic
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory
region Pacific Northwest
revitalizationEfforts community-based language preservation projects
spokenAlong Columbia River NERFINISHED
spokenInState Oregon NERFINISHED
Washington NERFINISHED
status critically endangered
traditionalArea Celilo Falls area NERFINISHED
traditionalSpeakers Wishram people NERFINISHED
wordOrder flexible word order
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Wishram people usesLanguage Wishram language