Lower Chehalis language
| Lower Chehalis | |
|---|---|
| Łəw̓ál̕məš | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 1990s[1] |
Salishan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cea |
| Glottolog | lowe1427 |
 Lower Chehalis is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] | |
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/.[3] Allophones are also noted. Instead of the high /i/ and /u/, Kinkade claims the vowels are /e ə o a eː oː aː/, based on the most common allophones.[4]
| Sound | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /i/ | [i], [e], [ɛ] |
| /a/ | [aˤ], [a], [ɐ] |
| /ə/ | [ɨ], [ə], [ʌ], [ɪ], [ʊ] |
| /u/ | [u], [o], [ɔ] |
References
- ^ Lower Chehalis at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
- hdl:1808/26715. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- doi:10.1086/464734.
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