Cowlitz > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Cowlitz
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lower Cowlitz; Sƛ'púmš; sƛʼpúlmš
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. Ethnic population: 200 (1990 M. Kinkade)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
cow
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Tsamosan; Olympic (tsam)
Brief Description:
"Cowlitz, one of the four languages of the Tsamosan division of the Salishan family, was formerly spoken along the Cowlitz River in southwestern Washington. Cowlitz descendants live in scattered locations in and around their former territory. The language is very poorly documented, and no speakers are known to remain." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 13
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 Cowlitz
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