Upper Chehalis language explained

Upper Chehalis
Nativename:Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉
States:United States
Region:south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Ethnicity:Chehalis people
Extinct:2001
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Familycolor:American
Fam1:Salishan
Fam2:Coast
Fam3:Tsamosan
Fam4:Inland
Iso3:cjh
Glotto:uppe1439
Glottorefname:Upper Chehalis
Map:Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Mapcaption:[1]

Upper Chehalis (Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. Thompson's 1979 classification lists Upper Chehalis as more closely related to the Cowlitz language than it is to Lower Chehalis.[2]

Phonology

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BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
central sibilant lateralplain lab.plain lab.
Plosive/
Affricate
plainpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
ejectivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Sonorantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowels[3] ! ! Front! Central ! Back
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

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Notes and References

  1. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger . UNESCO . 3rd . 2010 . 11.
  2. Book: Thompson, Lawrence. Salishan and the Northwest. Lyle. Campbell. Marianne. Mithun. 1979. The Languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment . 693 . University of Texas Press . 10.7560/746244 . 10.7560/746244.16. 978-0-292-76851-2 .
  3. Phonology and Morphology of Upper Chehalis: I . Kinkade . M. Dale . International Journal of American Linguistics . 29 . 3 . July 1963 . 181–195 . 10.1086/464734.