Cowlitz Coast Salish

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Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cowlitz Coast Salish canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
associatedPeople Cowlitz Indian Tribe ⓘ
associatedRiver Cowlitz River ⓘ
broaderGrouping Northwest Coast languages ⓘ
classificationStatus well-attested Coast Salish variety ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalAssociation Coast Salish cultures ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Cowlitz identity ⓘ
documentation field notes by linguists of Salishan languages ⓘ
endangermentCause English language dominance ⓘ
colonial language policies ⓘ
residential school system in the region ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cowlitz people ⓘ
historicalRegion Southwestern Washington State ⓘ
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageBranch Central Coast Salish ⓘ
languageContact Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Chinookan languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageOf Cowlitz traditional territory ⓘ
languageShiftTo English ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
macroArea North America ⓘ
morphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Lower Cowlitz (Chinookan) ⓘ
Upper Chehalis ⓘ
linked to: Chehalis

Upper Cowlitz (Cowlitz Sahaptin) ⓘ
linked to: Cowlitz Salish
phonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Salishan languages ⓘ
primaryState Washington ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based documentation projects ⓘ
language classes for Cowlitz tribal members ⓘ
spokenBy Cowlitz people ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
moribund language ⓘ
subfamily Coast Salish ⓘ
timeDepth pre-contact language of Cowlitz territory ⓘ
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts ⓘ
everyday communication (historically) ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
UNESCOStatus severely endangered (approximate classification) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Cowlitz people → traditionalLanguage → Cowlitz Coast Salish ⓘ
Cowlitz language → hasAlternativeName → Cowlitz Coast Salish ⓘ
Cowlitz Salish → hasAlternativeName → Cowlitz Coast Salish ⓘ