Chehalis Language

The Chehalis language is a collective expression regarding two languages,

Upper Chehalis language Upper Chehalis (''Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉'') is a member of the Tsamosan languages, Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish languages, Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. Thompson's 1979 classification lists Upper Chehalis as more closely ...

and

Lower Chehalis language 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 Quinault may refer to: * Qui ...

. Both are members of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch within the

Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the C ...

subfamily of the Salishan language family. Alternatively "Chehalis" may refer to one of the two different languages: *

Chehalis is now extinct. However, it contributed to Chinook Jargon. For more information, see

Salishan languages The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America (the Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). They are characterised by a ...

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