Quinault language

Quinault
Kʷínaył
Native toUnited States
RegionOlympic Peninsula, Washington
Ethnicity1,500 Quinault people (1977)[1]
Extinct1996[1]
half a dozen know some vocabulary (2007)[1]
Revivalrevival efforts underway[1][2][3]
Salishan
  • Coast
    • Tsamosan
      • Maritime
        • Quinault
Language codes
ISO 639-3qun
Glottologquin1251

Quinault (Kʷínaył) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. It is extinct, but efforts are being taken to revitalize it.

  1. ^ a b c d Quinault at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Language Department". Quinault Indian Nation, WA. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ Terry-itewaste 2016, pp. 17–20.