Region Pacific Northwest Glottolog lumm1243 | Extinct c. 2000 | |
Language family Proto-Salish
Coast Salish
Central
Straits Salish
North Straits Salish
Lummi | ||
Lummi (Xwlemi Chosen, [xʷləmi tʃɔsən]) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of northwest Washington, in the United States. Although traditionally referred to as a language, it is mutually intelligible with the other dialects of North Straits.
Lummi language is still spoken on the Lummi reservation and is taught at Ferndale High School, Lummi Tribal School and the Northwest Indian College.
References
Lummi dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA