Chehalis language

E1003856

The Chehalis language is a now-extinct Salishan language once spoken by the Chehalis people of western Washington State in the Pacific Northwest.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Salishan language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chehalis ⓘ
Tsihalis ⓘ
associatedPeople Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentedIn field notes by linguists of Salishan languages ⓘ
endonym Łəw̓ál̕məš (for Lower Chehalis, sometimes associated) ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
ethnicGroup Chehalis people ⓘ
extinctionReason language shift to English ⓘ
familyColor American ⓘ
hasDialect Lower Chehalis ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis

Upper Chehalis ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature predicate-initial word order tendencies ⓘ
reduplication ⓘ
use of lexical suffixes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
ergative-like alignment patterns ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
ISO639-3 cea ⓘ
isPartOf Coast Salish subgroup ⓘ
languageBranch Coastal Salish ⓘ
languageCodeType ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
region Washington State ⓘ
relatedTo Cowlitz language ⓘ
Halkomelem language ⓘ
linked to: Halkomelem

Lushootseed language ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed

Squamish language ⓘ
spokenBy Chehalis people ⓘ
spokenIn Pacific Northwest ⓘ
western Washington State ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamily Coast Salish languages ⓘ
usedHistoricallyFor ceremonial speech ⓘ
everyday communication among Chehalis people ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinook Wawa → hasLexicalSource → Chehalis language ⓘ
Cowlitz language → closelyRelatedTo → Upper Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Cowlitz language → closelyRelatedTo → Lower Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Humptulips River → languageOfName → Chehalis language (Native American) ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Upper Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Lower Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Quinault language → relatedTo → Lower Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Quinault language → relatedTo → Upper Chehalis language ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language
Chehalis language → endonym → Łəw̓ál̕məš (for Lower Chehalis, sometimes associated) ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis language