Lummi language

Lummi language

Infobox Language
name=Lummi
region=Washington, USA
speakers=
iso2=sal
iso3=str
familycolor=American
fam1=Salish
fam2=Coast Salish
fam3=Central Salish
fam4=Straits Salish
fam5=North Straits Salish
The Lummi language ("Xwlemi") 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.

It is generally believed to now be extinct.

Further reading

*cite book|author=Gibbs, George|title=Alphabetical vocabularies of the Clallam and Lummi|publisher=Cramoisy Press|year=1863 [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications%5Fdetail.aspx?p=70 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]


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