Chinookan languages
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The Chinookan languages were a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples. Although the last known native speaker of any Chinookan language died in 2012, the 2009-2013 American Community Survey found 270 self-identified speakers of Upper Chinook.[2]
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Chinook | |
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Tsinúk | |
Ethnicity | Chinook |
Geographic distribution | Columbia River Valley |
Extinct | 2012[1] |
Linguistic classification | Penutian ?
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Glottolog | chin1490 |
Pre-contact distribution of Chinookan languages |
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