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Name:
Upper Chehalis
Alternate Names:
Chehalis, Upper; Chehalis; Kwaiailk; Chehalis (Upper); Q'ʷay'áyiłq'; qʼʷayʼáyiɬqʼ
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. Ethnic population: 200 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
cjh
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Tsamosan; Olympic (tsam)
Child Dialects:
Satsop; Upper Chehalis (cjh-sat)
Oakville Chehalis; Oakville; Upper Chehalis (cjh-oak)
Tenino Chehalis; Tenino; Upper Chehalis (cjh-ten)
Brief Description:
"Upper Chehalis, one of the four languages of the Tsamosan division of the Salishan family, was formerly spoken on the upper Chehalis River in southwestern Washington. Most Upper Chehalis descendants live on the Chehalis Reservation, west of Centralia, which they share with the descendants of several other groups. The last active speaker died at the age of 90 in 2001." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 24
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Upper Chehalis
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