Endangered Languages Project - Siuslaw

Siuslaw

^{[aka Umpqua, Ku-itc (Kuitsh)]}

Classification: Isolate

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Umpqua, Ku-itc (Kuitsh)
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, North America
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sis
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Siuslaw Lower Umpqua (Kuitsh)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Siuslaw (proper) and Lower Umpqua are two closely related dialects. There have been no known native speakers since the 1970s.

Compare Sources (2)

Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Dormant
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Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA: Oregon

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Oregon: Coos Bay

Awakening
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No speakers by the 1970s"

MORE ON VITALITY

"Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw have a language program."

PLACES: Oregon, south coast

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