Lummi dialect

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Lummi
Xwlemi
RegionPacific Northwest
Salishan languages
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologlumm1243

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 and the Northwest Indian College[citation needed].

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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 or at Internet Archive


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