Lower Chinook Explained

Lower Chinook
Nativename:	Tsinúk
States:	United States
Region:	Columbia River Valley
Ethnicity:	140 (2000 census)
Extinct:	1930s
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Chinookan
Iso3:	chh
Glotto:	chin1286
Glottorefname:	Clatsop-Shoalwater Chinook

Lower Chinook is a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America.

Dialects

• Clatsop (Tlatsop) was spoken in northwestern Oregon around the mouth of the Columbia River and the Clatsop Plains (†).
• Shoalwater (also known as Chinook proper), extinct (†) since the 1930s. Shoalwater was spoken in southwestern Washington around southern Willapa Bay.

Chinook Jargon is partially based on Chinook.

Comparison to Kathlamet and Wasco-Wishram

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English	Lower Chinook^[2]	Kathlamet^[3]	Wasco-Wishram^[4]
One	Ixt	Ixat	Ixt
Two	Môkst	Môkct	Môkčt
Three	Łun	Łon	Łun
Four	Lakt	Lakt	Lakt
Five	Kwanm	Quinum	Gwεnεm
Man	Łkwalipx	Lxam	Ikala
Woman	Ła'akil	Aqakilak	Agagilak
Sun	O'ołax	Aqałax	Agałax
Moon	Okłumin	Akłemin	Akulmin
Water	Łtsuq	Łtcuqoa	Iłčqoa

References

• Chinook (Tsinúk) at Omniglot. Retrieved 2017-06-23

Notes and References

1. Campbell (1997) American Indian Languages; Mithun (2001) The Languages of Native North America
2. Web site: Chinook Words . 2024-08-29 . www.native-languages.org.
3. Web site: Kathlamet Words . 2024-08-29 . www.native-languages.org.
4. Web site: Wasco-Wishram Words . 2024-08-29 . www.native-languages.org.