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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > United States > Chinook

Chinook

A language of United States

ISO 639-3chh

Population  12 (1996), decreasing. Ethnic population: 140 (2000 census).
Region  Lower Columbia River, Oregon, and Washington.
Alternate names   Lower Chinook
Dialects  Klatsop (Tlatsop), Clackama, Kiksht.
Classification  Penutian, Chinookan
Language use  Shifted to English.
Comments  SVO, VSO. Nearly extinct.