Southern Lushootseed

A language of United States

ISO 639: slh
Alternate Names: Southern Puget Sound Salish, Twulshootseed, Whulshootseed, xʷəlšuʔcid
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker, Ellen Williams, died in 2016. Ethnic population: 210 (2010 census).
Location:: Washington: Auburn, Muckleshoot Reservation.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Nisqually Indian Tribe, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Tulalip Tribes of Washington.
Classification: Salish, Central Salish, Lushootseed
Dialects: Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Suquh, Southern Lushootseed, Sahewamish, Suquamish, Skykomish.
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Southern Lushootseed
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Lushootseed is the name used by most scholars for Southern Lushootseed, Skagit [ska], and Snohomish [sno] as a group.

Location: Washington: Auburn, Muckleshoot Reservation.