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Lower Chinook

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Lower Chinook
Tsinúk
Native toUnited States
RegionColumbia River Valley
Ethnicity140 (2000 census)[1]
Extinct1930s[2]
Chinookan
  • Lower Chinook
Language codes
ISO 639-3chh
Glottologchin1286

Lower Chinook is a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America.

Dialects

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Chinook Jargon is partially based on Chinook.

Comparison to Kathlamet and Wasco-Wishram

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English Lower Chinook[3] Kathlamet[4] Wasco-Wishram[5]
One Ixt Ixat Ixt
Two Môkst Môkct Môkčt
Three Łun Łon Łun
Four Lakt Lakt Lakt
Five Kwanm Quinum Gwεnεm
Man Łkwalipx Lxam Ikala
Woman Ła'akil Aqakilak Agagilak
Sun O'ołax Aqałax Agałax
Moon Okłumin Akłemin Akulmin
Water Łtsuq Łtcuqoa Iłčqoa

References

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  1. ^ Lower Chinook at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Campbell (1997) American Indian Languages; Mithun (2001) The Languages of Native North America
  3. ^ "Chinook Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ^ "Kathlamet Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ^ "Wasco-Wishram Words". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.