Quinault language
Dormant Salishan language of Washington State
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Quinault (Kʷínaył) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. It is extinct, but efforts are being taken to revitalize it.
| Quinault | |
|---|---|
| Kʷínaył | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 Quinault people (1977)[1] |
| Extinct | 1996[1] half a dozen know some vocabulary (2007)[1] |
| Revival | revival efforts underway[1][2][3] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qun |
| Glottolog | quin1251 |
Phonology
- A voiced fricative sound /ɣ/ may also be heard as a voiced stop [ɡ].
- Sounds /w, j, l/ can be heard as voiceless [w̥, j̊, l̥] when within voiceless positions.
- /xʷ/ may also be pronounced as [ʍ] in free variation.[4]
Vowels are represented as /i, ɛ, ə, a, ɔ, u/ and /iː, uː, aː/.[5][4]
An alternative phonology is as follows:
