Southern Lushootseed
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A language of United States
Alternate Names
Southern Puget Sound Salish, Twulshootseed, Whulshootseed, xʷəlšuʔcid
User Population
No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker, Ellen Williams, died in 2016. Ethnic population: 210 (2010 census).
Location
Washington: Auburn, Muckleshoot Reservation.
Language Status
9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Nisqually Indian Tribe, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Tulalip Tribes of Washington.
Dialects
Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Suquh, Southern Lushootseed, Sahewamish, Suquamish, Skykomish.
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Lushootseed is the name used by most scholars for Southern Lushootseed, Skagit [ska], and Snohomish [sno] as a group.