• family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are...
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  • Preservation Project. Lushootseed language Southern Lushootseed at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Holly Taylor (2010-05-06). "Preserving the Lushootseed language for...
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  • Lushootseed grammar is the grammar of the Lushootseed language, a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed can be considered...
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    Chief Seattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    as an attempt to be more accurate to the Lushootseed pronunciation. There is no "th" sound in the Lushootseed language. Seattle was born between 1780 and...
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  • The Lushootseed-speaking peoples, sometimes known as the Lushootseed people, are a group of peoples Indigenous to the Pacific Northwest who are linguistically...
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    Haller Lake, Seattle (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    Haller Lake (Lushootseed: sisaɬtəb) is a small lake and neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the...
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    Geoduck (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    derived from the Lushootseed name for the animal, gʷidəq. The etymology of gʷidəq is disputed. The lexical suffix =əq means "many" in Lushootseed. The Oxford...
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    Coast Salish languages (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    (nəxʷsƛ̕áy̓emúcən; also known as Klallam) † Lushootseed † Northern Lushootseed (dxʷləšucid) † Southern Lushootseed (txʷəlšucid, xʷəlšucid; also known as Twulshootseed...
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    Carnation, Washington (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    Anglicization of the Lushootseed name for the Tolt River and the Snoqualmie village (variously spelled as tultxʷ, dxʷtultxʷ, or tulq in Lushootseed). Tolt was incorporated...
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    Suquamish (category Articles containing Lushootseed-language text)
    The Suquamish (Lushootseed: xʷsəq̓ʷəb) are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American people, located in present-day Washington in the United States. They...
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