Upper Chehalis language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Upper Chehalis |
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|---|---|
| Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉ | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 2001e18 |
| Language family | |
Upper Chehalis (Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. Thompson's 1979 classification lists Upper Chehalis as more closely related to the Cowlitz language than it is to Lower 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 | m | n | l | j | w | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
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