Quileute

A language of United States

ISO 639: qui
Alternate Names: Quillayute
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in 1999 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 500 (Golla 2007).
Location:: Washington: Lower Hoh River and Quileute reservations on Pacific side of Olympic Peninsula.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Hoh Indian Tribe, Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation, Quinault Indian Nation.
Classification: Chimakuan
Dialects: Quileute, Hoh.
Typology: VSO; 2 genders in third person (masculine, feminine); 2 tenses (present/past, future); aspect; 23 consonants (no nasals); stress is mostly on the penultimate syllable; pitch accent system with 4 melodic contours.
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Texts. Language education program was begun in the 1970s (Golla 2007). In 2007, the Quileute tribal council set up a two-year Quileute Revitalization Project.

Location: Washington: Lower Hoh River and Quileute reservations on Pacific side of Olympic Peninsula.