Quinault language
E819360
The Quinault language is a critically endangered Native American language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken by the Quinault people of western Washington State.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ critically endangered language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Quinault Indian Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established as Salishan ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
carrier of Quinault oral tradition
ⓘ
marker of Quinault identity ⓘ medium of traditional stories and songs ⓘ |
| documentation |
archival recordings
ⓘ
grammatical notes ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Quinault people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Salishan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | formerly used as primary language of Quinault people ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no widely used ISO 639-3 code reported ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | severely moribund ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Northwest Coast Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Olympic Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chinook Jargon (as a contact language)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cowlitz language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Chehalis language NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Chehalis language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| shiftedTo | English ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Coast Salish language ⓘ |
| threatFactors |
interruption of intergenerational transmission
ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ small number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | western Washington State ⓘ |
| traditionalUse | daily communication within Quinault communities ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| usedBy | Quinault elders ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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