Cowlitz language
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Dialects
Cowlitz had two dialects, with a dialectal opposition between Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink. However, these dialects were poorly documented, due to the extinction of the language.[3]
Cowlitz people
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Phonology
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Orthography
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| nʼ | o | o | p | pʼ | q | qʷ | qʼ | qʷʼ | r | s | š | t | tʼ | u | v | w | wʼ | x | xʷ | x̣ | x̣ʷ | y | yʼ | z |
Vocabulary
Cowlitz is most similar to Lower Chehalis, another Tsamosan language, although it contains some oddities, such as the word for one, utsus (in contrast to the Lower Chehalis paw).
| English | Cowlitz |
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| Lower Cowlitz people | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| one (number) | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| two | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| three | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| four | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| five | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| to sing | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| moon/sun | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| dog | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| water | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| man | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
| woman | Script error: No such module "Lang". |
References
Further reading
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