Siuslaw

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
sis
Alternate Names
Lower Umpqua, Siuslawan
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the 1970s (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 100 (Golla 2007).

Location

Oregon: south coast.

Language Status

9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Coos; Lower Umpqua; and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation.

Classification
Language isolate
Language Use

Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Texts. Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw have a language program (Golla 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Siuslaw