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Lower Chehalis language

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Native to
  
United States

Extinct
  
(date missing)

Ethnicity
  
Chehalis people

ISO 639-3
  
cea

Region
  
south of Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Language family
  
Salishan Coast Tsamosan Maritime Lower Chehalis

Lower Chehalis (Łəw̓ál̕məš) is a member of the Tsamosan (or Olympic Peninsula) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. In some classifications, Lower Chehalis is placed closer to Quinault than it is to Upper Chehalis.

References

Lower Chehalis language Wikipedia