Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie language

Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie
Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie
Kwalhioqua–Tlatskanai
Native to	United States
Region	Washington
Ethnicity	Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie people
Extinct	c. 1910
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan–Eyak Athabaskan Northern Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kwalhioqua; Clatskanie;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwt
Linguist List	qwt
Glottolog	kwal1258

Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie (Kwalhioqua–Tlatskanai, Lower Columbia Athabaskan) is an extinct Athabaskan language of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington state, along the lower Columbia River. It was documented in the early 20th century, and a wordlist was compiled, consisting of some 322 words.^[2]

Dialects

Dialects were:

Kwalhioqua (a.k.a. Willapa or Willoopah) (north of the lower Columbia River)
- Willapa or Wela'pakote'li subdialect
- Suwal subdialect
Clatskanie (a.k.a. Tlatskanai) (south of the lower Columbia River)

References

^ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.
^ Boas, Franz; Goddard, Pliny E. (July 1924). "Vocabulary of an Athapascan Dialect of the State of Washington". International Journal of American Linguistics. 3 (1): 39–45. doi:10.1086/463748. ISSN 0020-7071.

[1] Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.

[2] Boas, Franz; Goddard, Pliny E. (July 1924). "Vocabulary of an Athapascan Dialect of the State of Washington". International Journal of American Linguistics. 3 (1): 39–45. doi:10.1086/463748. ISSN 0020-7071.

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