Twana language

Twana
Skokomish
tuwaduq
Native toUnited States
RegionPuget Sound, precisely Hood Canal, Washington state
Ethnicity350 Twana (1977)[1]
Extinct1980[1]
Revival2010s[2]
NAPA
Language codes
ISO 639-3twa
Glottologtwan1247

The Twana (tuwaduq)[3] language, also known as Skokomish, is a Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family, spoken by the Twana, the Indigenous people of Hood Canal, in Washington. The name "Skokomish" is an Anglicization of the Twana word squqəʔbəš and means "river people" or "people of the river".[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Twana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Drachman, Gaberell (2020). tuwaduq: The Twana Language E-Dictionary Project (PDF). Skokomish Indian Tribe.
  4. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 452. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  5. ^ Wray, Jacilee (2003). "Skokomish: Twana Descendants". Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula: Who We Are. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8061-3552-6. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  6. ^ The Skokomish Tribal Nation