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Lushootseed
Lushootseed (/lʌˈʃuːtsiːd/ luh-SHOOT-tseed), historically known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are further separated into smaller sub-dialects.
Lushootseed was historically spoken across southern and western Puget Sound roughly between modern-day Bellingham and Olympia by a number of Indigenous peoples. Lushootseed speakers were estimated to number 12,000 at the peak.
Today, however, it is primarily a ceremonial language, spoken for heritage or symbolic purposes. There are about 472 known second-language speakers of Lushootseed. It is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[citation needed] and classified as Reawakening by Ethnologue.
Many Lushootseed-speaking tribes are attempting to revitalize the daily use of their language. Several language programs and classes are offered across the region.
Lushootseed has been historically known as Niskwalli/Nisqually, Puget Sound Salish, Puget Salish, Pugué, Squaxon, Skagit, and Skagit-Nisqually.
The name of the language in Lushootseed is pronounced (and spelled) variably across different dialects. In the northern dialects, the language is called dxʷləšucid. In most southern dialects, it is txʷəlšucid, whereas in the Muckleshoot and Snoqualmie dialect, it is pronounced xʷəlšucid. The southern pronunciation txʷəlšucid is derived from the original by de-voicing d into t and switching the position of l and ə.
The English name Lushootseed is derived from dxʷləšucid. The prefix dxʷ- along with the suffix -ucid means 'language'. The root word, ləš, is an archaic word for the Puget Sound region. Some scholars, such as Wayne Suttles, believe it may be an old word for 'people', possibly related to the word Salish.
Lushootseed, like its neighbors Twana, Nooksack, Klallam, and the North Straits Salish languages, are in the Central Coast Salish subgroup of the Salishan family of languages. The language is spoken by many peoples in the Puget Sound region, including the Duwamish, Suquamish, Squaxin, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, and Puyallup in the south and the Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Upper Skagit, and Swinomish in the north.
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Lushootseed
Lushootseed (/lʌˈʃuːtsiːd/ luh-SHOOT-tseed), historically known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are further separated into smaller sub-dialects.
Lushootseed was historically spoken across southern and western Puget Sound roughly between modern-day Bellingham and Olympia by a number of Indigenous peoples. Lushootseed speakers were estimated to number 12,000 at the peak.
Today, however, it is primarily a ceremonial language, spoken for heritage or symbolic purposes. There are about 472 known second-language speakers of Lushootseed. It is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[citation needed] and classified as Reawakening by Ethnologue.
Many Lushootseed-speaking tribes are attempting to revitalize the daily use of their language. Several language programs and classes are offered across the region.
Lushootseed has been historically known as Niskwalli/Nisqually, Puget Sound Salish, Puget Salish, Pugué, Squaxon, Skagit, and Skagit-Nisqually.
The name of the language in Lushootseed is pronounced (and spelled) variably across different dialects. In the northern dialects, the language is called dxʷləšucid. In most southern dialects, it is txʷəlšucid, whereas in the Muckleshoot and Snoqualmie dialect, it is pronounced xʷəlšucid. The southern pronunciation txʷəlšucid is derived from the original by de-voicing d into t and switching the position of l and ə.
The English name Lushootseed is derived from dxʷləšucid. The prefix dxʷ- along with the suffix -ucid means 'language'. The root word, ləš, is an archaic word for the Puget Sound region. Some scholars, such as Wayne Suttles, believe it may be an old word for 'people', possibly related to the word Salish.
Lushootseed, like its neighbors Twana, Nooksack, Klallam, and the North Straits Salish languages, are in the Central Coast Salish subgroup of the Salishan family of languages. The language is spoken by many peoples in the Puget Sound region, including the Duwamish, Suquamish, Squaxin, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, and Puyallup in the south and the Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Upper Skagit, and Swinomish in the north.