Lower Chinookis aChinookan languagespoken at the mouth of theColumbia Riveron the west coast ofNorth America.
| Lower Chinook | |
|---|---|
| Tsinúk | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Columbia RiverValley |
| Ethnicity | 140 (2000 census)[1] |
| Extinct | in the 1930s[2] |
Chinookan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | chh |
| Glottolog | chin1286 |
Dialects
edit- Clatsop(Tlatsop) was spoken in northwestern Oregon around the mouth of theColumbia Riverand theClatsop Plains(†).
- Chinook Jargon
- Shoalwater(also known as Chinook proper), extinct (†) since the 1930s. Shoalwater was spoken in southwestern Washington around southernWillapa Bay.
References
edit- ^Lower ChinookatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Campbell (1997)American Indian Languages;Mithun (2001)The Languages of Native North America
- Chinook (Tsinúk)at Omniglot. Retrieved 2017-06-23
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