CEA ISO 639-3
Chehalis, Lower
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- cea
- Alternate Names
- Łəw’ál’məš
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers may have survived into the 1990s (1990 M. Kinkade).
- Location:
- Washington: southwest coast.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Quinault Indian Nation, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation.
- Classification
- Salish, Tsamosan, Maritime
- Language Use
- A few people may have passive knowledge of some words and phrases (Golla 2007). Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Lower Chehalis people are attempting to merge what remains of their language with Quinault [qun].
- Other Comments
- Not well documented but some sound recordings were made around 1940 (Golla 2007).
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Washington: southwest coast.
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