Lower Chinook

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Lower Chinook
Tsinúk
Native to United States
Region Columbia River Valley
Ethnicity140 lower Chinook (2000 census) [1]
Extinct 1930s [2]
Chinookan
  • Lower Chinook
Language codes
ISO 639-3 chh
Glottolog chin1286

Lower Chinook is an extinct Chinookan language historically spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America.

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Dialects

Chinook Jargon is partially based on Chinook.

Comparison to Kathlamet and Wasco-Wishram

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EnglishLower Chinook [3] [ unreliable source? ]Kathlamet [4] [ unreliable source? ]Wasco-Wishram [5] [ unreliable source? ]
OneIxtIxatIxt
TwoMôkstMôkctMôkčt
ThreeŁunŁonŁun
FourLaktLaktLakt
FiveKwanmQuinumGwεnεm
ManŁkwalipxLxamIkala
WomanŁa'akilAqakilakAgagilak
SunO'ołaxAqałaxAgałax
MoonOkłuminAkłeminAkulmin
WaterŁtsuqŁtcuqoaIłčqoa

References

  1. ↑ Lower Chinook at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Campbell (1997) American Indian Languages; Mithun (2001) The Languages of Native North America
  3. ↑ "Chinook Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ↑ "Kathlamet Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Wasco-Wishram Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.


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