Chehalis language

E1003856

The Chehalis language is a now-extinct Salishan language once spoken by the Chehalis people of western Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Salishan language
extinct language
indigenous language of North America
alsoKnownAs Chehalis
Tsihalis
associatedPeople Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
continent North America
country United States
documentedIn field notes by linguists of Salishan languages
endonym Łəw̓ál̕məš (for Lower Chehalis, sometimes associated)
linked to: Chehalis language
ethnicGroup Chehalis people
extinctionReason language shift to English
familyColor American
hasDialect Lower Chehalis
linked to: Chehalis

Upper Chehalis
hasLinguisticFeature predicate-initial word order tendencies
reduplication
use of lexical suffixes
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasTypologicalFeature complex verb morphology
ergative-like alignment patterns
head-marking
polysynthetic morphology
ISO639-3 cea
isPartOf Coast Salish subgroup
languageBranch Coastal Salish
languageCodeType ISO 639-3
languageFamily Salishan languages
region Washington State
relatedTo Cowlitz language
Halkomelem language
linked to: Halkomelem

Lushootseed language
linked to: Lushootseed

Squamish language
spokenBy Chehalis people
spokenIn Pacific Northwest
western Washington State
status extinct
subfamily Coast Salish languages
usedHistoricallyFor ceremonial speech
everyday communication among Chehalis people
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinook Wawa hasLexicalSource Chehalis language
Cowlitz language closelyRelatedTo Upper Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Cowlitz language closelyRelatedTo Lower Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Humptulips River languageOfName Chehalis language (Native American)
linked to: Chehalis language
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation hasTraditionalLanguage Upper Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation hasTraditionalLanguage Lower Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Quinault language relatedTo Lower Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Quinault language relatedTo Upper Chehalis language
linked to: Chehalis language
Chehalis language endonym Łəw̓ál̕məš (for Lower Chehalis, sometimes associated)
linked to: Chehalis language