Lower Chehalis language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lower Chehalis |
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|---|---|
| Łəw̓ál̕məš | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 1990se25 |
| Language family | |
Lower Chehalis (Łəw̓ál̕məš) is a member of the Tsamosan (or Olympic Peninsula) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. In some classifications, Lower Chehalis is placed closer to Quinault than it is to Upper Chehalis.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | sibilant | lateral | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t | ts | tʃ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | tsʼ | tɬʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | qʼ | qʷʼ | ||
| Fricative | s | ɬ | ʃ | xʷ | χ | χʷ | h | ||||
| Sonorant | plain | m | n | l | j | w | |||||
| glottalized | ˀm | ˀn | ˀl | ˀj | ˀw | ||||||
Vowels are represented as /i ə u a/ and /iː uː aː/. Allophones are also noted.
| Sound | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /i/ | [i], [e], [ɛ] |
| /a/ | [aˤ], [a], [ɐ] |
| /ə/ | [ɨ], [ə], [ʌ], [ɪ], [ʊ] |
| /u/ | [u], [o], [ɔ] |
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