Quinault | Ethnologue

A language of United States

ISO 639: qun
Autonym: kwinaył
Population: 6, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last speaker, Oliver Mason, died in 1996 (1996 C. Beers). L2 users: 6 (2016 C. Terry-otewaste). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2016 C. Terry-itewaste).
Location:: Washington: Quinault Reservation, centered in Taholah Community on Olympic Peninsula west coast.
Language Status: 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: Hoh Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation.
Classification: Salish, Tsamosan, Maritime
Dialects: Lower Chehalis.
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Language program continues at the Taholah Elementary School. Four Quinault language teachers are tribally and state certified. Dictionary. Revitalization efforts underway. Language program continues at a local elementary school. Four Quinault language teachers are tribally and state certified. Quinault Language activities also occur during the summer (2016 C. Terry-itewaste).
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Quinault
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Washington: Quinault Reservation, centered in Taholah Community on Olympic Peninsula west coast.