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The Makah language is the Indigenous language spoken by the Makah people. Makah has been extinct as a first language since
2002, when its last fluent native speaker died. However, it survives as a second language, and the Makah tribe is attempting
to revive the language, including through preschool classes. The endonymous name for Makah is qʷi·qʷi·diččaq. Makah is spoken
by the Makah people who reside in the northwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, on the south side
of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is closely related to Nuu-chah-nulth and Ditidaht, which are languages of the First Nations
of the west coast of Vancouver Island on the north side of the strait, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Makah
is the only member of the Wakashan language family in the United States, with the other members spoken by in British Columbia,
from Vancouver Island to the Central Coast region. Makah, Nuu-chah-nulth and Ditidaht belong to the Southern Nootkan branch
of the Wakashan family. The Northern Wakashan languages, which are Kwak'wala, Heiltsuk-Oowekyala and Haisla, are spoken farther
north, beyond the territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth people. |
Names (more)[en] Makah language[fr] Makah |
Language type : Living
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