Lummi (linguistics)
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Lummi | ||
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Spoken in: | Washington, USA | |
Total speakers: | ? | |
Language family: | Salishan Coast Central Straits North Straits Salish Lummi |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | sal | |
ISO 639-3: | str | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Lummi 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.
[edit] Further Reading
- Gibbs, George (1863). Alphabetical vocabularies of the Clallam and Lummi. Cramoisy Press.Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection