Upper Chehalis (''Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉'') is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of 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 ...

family of

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 ...

. Thompson's 1979 classification lists Upper Chehalis as more closely related to the

Cowlitz language The Cowlitz language is a member of the Tsamosan branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. Cowlitz people The Cowlitz people were originally two distinct tribes: the Lower Cowlitz and the Upper Cowlitz. Only the Lower Cowlitz spok ...

than it is to

Lower Chehalis 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 ...

Phonology

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Upper Chehalis
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) Coast Salish languages Languages extinct in the 2000s {{na-lang-stub