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Quileute / ˈ k w ɪ l ɪ j uː t /, [2] sometimes alternatively anglicized as Quillayute / k w ɪ ˈ l eɪ j uː t /, is an extinct language, and was the last Chimakuan language, spoken natively until the end of the 20th century by Quileute and Makah elders on the western coast of the Olympic peninsula south of Cape Flattery at La Push and the lower Hoh River in Washington state, United States.
The tribe is now trying to prevent the loss of the language by teaching it in the Quileute Tribal School, using books written for the students by the tribal elders. [9] The Quileute Nation Culture and Language Committee released a language and culture app in 2021 in an effort to preserve the language and culture of their people. [10]
During the late 20th and early 21st centuries a revitalization effort began, and it is today spoken as a second language by a relatively small amount of the Quileute tribe on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula, south of Cape Flattery. The name Quileute comes from kʷoʔlí·yot' [kʷoʔléːjotʼ], the name of a village at La Push.
50Languages, formerly Book2, is a set of webpages, downloadable audio files, mobile apps and books for learning any of 56 languages. Explanations are also available in the same 56 languages. Explanations are also available in the same 56 languages.
[2] During his studies at Columbia, Frachtenberg became a student of Franz Boas , often called the father of American anthropology. [ 3 ] Frachtenberg's research centered around some of the subdivisions of what later became the Penutian language group , and he received a PhD from Columbia in 1910 for his work on the Coosan languages .
Quillayute may refer to: . Quileute (tribe), or the Quillayute, a Native American people of western Washington state, United States Quillayute, also known as Quileute, a Chimakuan language of the Quileute and Makah people of western Washington state in the United States; see Quileute language
The Chimakum, also spelled Chemakum and Chimacum, Native American people (known to themselves as Aqokúlo and sometimes called the Port Townsend Indians [1]), were a group of Native Americans who lived in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902.
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