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

Makah

A language of United States

ISO 639-3myh

Population  Ethnic population: 2,224 (2000 US census).
Region  Northern tip of Olympic Peninsula of Washington, opposite Vancouver Island.
Alternate names   Kwe-Nee-Chee-Aht, Kweedishchaaht
Classification  Wakashan, Southern
Language use  Taught bilingually in preschool on the reservation and is ongoing throughout grade school.
Comments  No L1 speakers as of 2002. Second language only.