Lower Chehalis

Lower Chehalis was a Salishan language once spoken in United States.

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Lower Chehalis · 46.8°N 124.0°W

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. It went extinct in the 1990s.

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Words in Lower Chehalis

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	nuLtalm3S*
name	sy3q*
eye	moser*
ear	qw3lan*
nose	m3qs*
tooth	y3n3s*
hand	a7Ca7*
water	qal*
fire	m3C3p*
stone	qays*
mountain	sman3C*
tree	aL*
dog	qaX7a*
one	paw*
two	sartl*
drink	sqwu7*
hear	tul*
path	Suw3L*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Grammar

LillooetSalishan84% alike
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BannoniAustronesian83% alike
TwanaSalishan82% alike
OkanaganSalishan82% alike
BununAustronesian82% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Clatsop-Shoalwater Chinook Upper Chehalis Kathlamet Quinault Cowlitz Kwalhioqua-Clatskanie Twana Quileute Tillamook Chimakum

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