Lushootseed

For a list of all Lushootseed-speaking peoples, see List of Lushootseed-speaking peoples.
Lushootseed
dxʷləšucid, txʷəlšucid, xʷəlšucid
Native toUnited States
RegionNorth Western Washington, around the Puget Sound
EthnicityLushootseed-speaking peoples
Extinct2008[1]
Revival472 L2 speakers (2022)[2]
Salishan
Early form
Dialects
Latin (NAPA)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
lut – Lushootseed
slh – Southern Lushootseed (covered by [lut])
ska – Skagit (covered by [lut])
sno – Snohomish (covered by [lut])
Glottologlush1251
ELPLushootseed
Lushootseed is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Lushootseed (/lʌˈʃuːtsiːd/ luh-SHOOT-tseed),[3][a] 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 large number of Indigenous peoples, numbering 12,000 at its peak.[4][5] Today, however, it is primarily a ceremonial language, spoken for heritage or symbolic purposes, and there are about 472 second-language speakers.[2] 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.[6] Despite this, many Lushootseed-speaking tribes are attempting to revitalize their language in daily use, with several language programs and classes offered across the region.[7][8][9][10][11]

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  3. ^ Seattle Channel (Nov 2022). Lushootseed, Seattle's original language (Video). YouTube.
  4. ^ "About dxʷləšucid Lushootseed". Lushootseed. 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. ^ "What is Lushootseed?". The Lushootseed Language. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
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