TWA ISO 639-3
Twana
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- twa
- Alternate Names
- Skokomish, Ti’tuwaduqut’sid, Tuwa’duqx
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker died in 1980 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 350 (1977 SIL).
- Location:
- Washington: Puget Sound area.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Skokomish Indian Tribe.
- Classification
- Salish, Central Salish
- Dialects
- Skokomish, Quilcene.
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. The position for manager of the Twana Language Revitalization Project became available in 2017.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Washington: Puget Sound area.
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