Siuslaw > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Siuslaw
Type:
Language
Once Spoken in:
USA
Code:
sis
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Isolates & Small Families
Parent Subgroup:
Siuslaw; Siuslawan (sius)
Brief Description:
"Siuslaw was a language formerly spoken in two closely related local dialects, Siuslaw (proper) and Lower Umpqua, by adjacent tribes in a small territory on the central coast of Oregon. It is an isolate, often associated with the controversial Penutian stock. Although some Siuslaw people were removed to reservations between 1855 and 1875 most remained in their traditional territory, where more than 100 descendants still reside. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw was recognised in 1984, with tribal headquarters at Coos Bay." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 22
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

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