Twana > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Twana
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Skokomish; Sqʷuqʷúʔbəšq; sqʷuqʷúʔbəšq
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. USA Census (2000) lists 10 who use it at home. Ethnic population: 350 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
twa
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Salishan (Salish)
Parent Subgroup:
Central Salish; Coast Salish (csal)
Child Dialects:
Skokomish (twa-sko)
Quilcene (twa-qui)
Brief Description:
"Twana was a Central Salish language formerly spoken along Hood Canal on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula in northwestern Washington. The Twana were concentrated on the Skokomish Reservation in 1859, where dialect differences were lost but the language and culture survived for several generations. The last fluent speaker died in 1980." 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 Twana
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