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Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie language

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Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie
Kwalhioqua–Tlatskanai
Native toUnited States
RegionWashington
EthnicityKwalhioqua–Clatskanie people
Extinctbefore 1930[1]
Dené–Yeniseian?
Dialects
  • Kwalhioqua
  • Clatskanie
Language codes
ISO 639-3qwt
qwt
Glottologkwal1258

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

  1. ^ Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie at MultiTree on the Linguist List
  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.