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Southern Lushootseed

Southern Lushootseed was a Salishan language once spoken in United States.

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Southern Lushootseed · 47.3°N 122.1°W

Southern Lushootseed, also called Twulshootseed (txʷəlšucid) or Whulshootseed (xʷəlšucid) in the Muckleshoot and Snoqualmie dialects, is the southern dialect of Lushootseed, a Coast Salish language in western Washington State. It was historically spoken by the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, and Squaxin Island tribes. The last fluent speaker was Ellen Williams (1923–2016) and her death rendered the language extinct.

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Words in Southern Lushootseed

MeaningWordRomanization
person7aciLtalbixw*
nameda7*
eyeq3lub*
earqw3ladi7*
noseqs*
toothj3dis*
tongueLal3p*
handaCi7*
bloodstuligw3d*
boneSaw*
skincukw3b*
kneeXqpucid*
breastsq3bu*
liversCalub*
waterqwu7*
firehud*
sunLukw3L*
starCus3d*
stoneC3L37*
mountainsbadil*
treeac*
leafsCuL3y*
nightLaX*
dogsqw3bay7*
fishs7uladxw*
lousebSCad*
oned3Cu7*
twosali7*
Iad*
youaxw*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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