Lushootseed | Ethnologue

A language of United States

ISO 639: lut
Alternate Names: Dəxʷləšucid, Northern Lushootseed, Northern Puget Sound Salish, xʷəlšucid
Autonym: dxʷləšucid
Population: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last native speaker, Vi Hilbert, died in 2008 (2008 C. Willmsen). Ethnic population: 18,000 (Golla 2007).
Location:: Washington: Puget Sound area.
Language Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington.
Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed
Dialects: Sauk-Suiattle.
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Numerous programs beginning to teach Lushootseed, in which children, parents, and elders take part; also being introduced as a language available at local colleges.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Lushootseed
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Lushootseed encompasses Southern Lushootseed [slh], Skagit [ska] and Snohomish [sno]. Lushootseed is the name that is used by most scholars for the group as a whole.

Location: Washington: Puget Sound area.