Cowlitz Coast Salish

E480584

Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cowlitz Coast Salish canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language
Indigenous language
Native American language
associatedPeople Cowlitz Indian Tribe
associatedRiver Cowlitz River
broaderGrouping Northwest Coast languages
classificationStatus well-attested Coast Salish variety
continent North America
country United States
culturalAssociation Coast Salish cultures
culturalSignificance key marker of Cowlitz identity
documentation field notes by linguists of Salishan languages
endangermentCause English language dominance
colonial language policies
residential school system in the region
ethnicGroup Cowlitz people
historicalRegion Southwestern Washington State
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code
languageBranch Central Coast Salish
languageContact Chinook Jargon
Chinookan languages
English
languageFamily Salishan languages
languageOf Cowlitz traditional territory
languageShiftTo English
linguisticTypology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
macroArea North America
morphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology
neighboringLanguages Lower Cowlitz (Chinookan)
Upper Chehalis
linked to: Chehalis

Upper Cowlitz (Cowlitz Sahaptin)
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Salishan languages
primaryState Washington
region Pacific Northwest
revitalizationEfforts community-based documentation projects
language classes for Cowlitz tribal members
spokenBy Cowlitz people
status endangered language
moribund language
subfamily Coast Salish
timeDepth pre-contact language of Cowlitz territory
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts
everyday communication (historically)
oral tradition
UNESCOStatus severely endangered (approximate classification)
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Cowlitz people traditionalLanguage Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz language hasAlternativeName Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz Salish hasAlternativeName Cowlitz Coast Salish