Lower Chinook

Lower Chinook
Tsinúk
Native to	United States
Region	Columbia River Valley
Ethnicity	140 lower Chinook (2000 census)
Extinct	1930s
Language family	Chinookan Lower Chinook
Language codes
ISO 639-3	chh
Glottolog	chin1286

Lower Chinook is an extinct Chinookan language historically spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America.

Dialects

• Clatsop (Tlatsop) was spoken in northwestern Oregon around the mouth of the Columbia River and the Clatsop Plains (†).
• Shoalwater (also known as Chinook proper), extinct (†) since the 1930s. Shoalwater was spoken in southwestern Washington around southern Willapa Bay.

Chinook Jargon is partially based on Chinook.

Comparison to Kathlamet and Upper Chinook

Lower Chinook shares many cognates with the Upper Chinook and Kathlamet languages.

English	Lower Chinook	Kathlamet	Upper Chinook
One	Ixt	Ixat	Ixt
Two	Môkst	Môkct	Môkčt
Three	Łun	Łon	Łun
Four	Lakt	Lakt	Lakt
Five	Kwanm	Quinum	Gwεnεm
Man	Łkwalipx	Lxam	Ikala
Woman	Ła'akil	Aqakilak	Agagilak
Sun	O'ołax	Aqałax	Agałax
Moon	Okłumin	Akłemin	Akulmin
Water	Łtsuq	Łtcuqoa	Iłčqoa

References

• Chinook (Tsinúk) at Omniglot. Retrieved 2017-06-23