Wasco-Wishram

A language of United States

ISO 639: wac
Alternate Names: Columbia Chinook, Upper Chinook, Wasco, Wishram
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speaker, Gladys Thompson, died in 2012 (2012 K. Foden-Vencil). Ethnic population: 750 (1977 SIL).
Location:: Oregon: north central; Washington: south central.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Classification: Chinookan, Upper Chinookan
Dialects: Clackamas (Clackama), Kiksht, Multnomah, Kathlamet (Cathlamet).
Language Use: Kathlamet and Clackamas dialects were last spoken in the 1930s (Mithun 1999). All shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Grammar. Texts. A revitalization project was started at Warm Springs in 1992, and it was still active as of 2012 (2012 R. Moore).
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Wasco-Wishram
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oregon: north central; Washington: south central.