Lummi | |
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Xwlemi | |
Pronunciation | [xʷləmi tʃɔsən] |
Region | Pacific Northwest |
Ethnicity | Lummi people |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog |
lumm1243 |
Lummi (Xwlemi Chosen, IPA: [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, [1] Lummi Nation School, Vista Middle School, Horizon Middle School, Skyline and Eagleridge Elementary Schools, [2] and the Northwest Indian College.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
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central | sibilant | lateral | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | ||
ejective | pʼ | tʼ | t͡sʼ | t͡ɬʼ | t͡ʃʼ | kʷʼ | qʼ | qʷʼ | |||
Fricative | s | ɬ | ʃ | xʷ | χ | χʷ | h | ||||
Sonorant | plain | m | n | l | j | ŋ | w | ||||
glottalized | ˀm | ˀn | ˀj | ˀŋ | ˀw |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid/ Open | æ | ə | ɔ |
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