Upper Chehalis language
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| Upper Chehalis | |
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| Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉ | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 2001[1] |
Salishan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cjh |
| Glottolog | uppe1439 |
Upper Chehalis (Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉) is a member of the
Lower Chehalis.[2]
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | sibilant |
lateral | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t
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ts | tʃ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ
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tsʼ | tɬʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | qʼ | qʷʼ | ||
| Fricative | s | ɬ
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ʃ | xʷ | χ | χʷ | h | ||||
| Sonorant | m | n
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l
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j | w | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
References
- ^ Upper Chehalis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- JSTOR 10.7560/746244.16.
- doi:10.1086/464734.
External links
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