Cowlitz Salish

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Cowlitz Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cowlitz 5
Cowlitz Salish canonical 2
Upper Cowlitz (Cowlitz Sahaptin) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
Salishan language ⓘ
associatedRiver Cowlitz River ⓘ
associatedWith Cowlitz Indian Tribe (federally recognized) ⓘ
belongsTo North American Pacific Northwest linguistic area ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chinookan area contact languages ⓘ
Lower Chehalis ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis

Upper Chehalis ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance carrier of Cowlitz oral traditions ⓘ
marker of Cowlitz identity ⓘ
documentedBy Franz Boas (comparative Salishan work) ⓘ
Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) ⓘ
documentedIn field notes by early 20th‑century linguists ⓘ
endonymOf Cowlitz language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cowlitz people ⓘ
glottocode cowl1242 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish

Cowlitz Coast Salish ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex consonant system ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
predicate‑initial word order tendencies ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType head‑marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization ⓘ
rich consonant clusters ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Cowlitz River valley ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz River

Southwestern Washington ⓘ
ISO639-3Code cow ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo Chinook Jargon ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish branch of Salishan ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
revitalizationEffortBy Cowlitz Indian Tribe ⓘ
spokenBy Cowlitz people ⓘ
status extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Coast Salish language ⓘ
timeDepthOfDocumentation late 19th century to 20th century ⓘ
UNESCOStatus critically endangered ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial speech ⓘ
place names ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (in modern documentation) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Cowlitz people → traditionalLanguage → Cowlitz Salish ⓘ
Lower Columbia River region → historicallyInhabitedBy → Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
Cathlamet → relatedEthnicGroup → Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
Cowlitz language → glottologName → Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
Cowlitz language → hasAlternativeName → Cowlitz Salish ⓘ
Cowlitz Salish → hasAlternativeName → Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
Cowlitz Coast Salish → neighboringLanguages → Upper Cowlitz (Cowlitz Sahaptin) ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
Cowlitz Indian Tribe → hasEthnonym → Cowlitz ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish