The Chemakum language (IPA: /ˈʧɛməkəm/; also written as Chimakum or Chimacum) was spoken by the Chemakum, a Native American group that once lived on western Washington state's Olympic Peninsula. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault The Chemakum language was very similar to the Quileute language (the only surviving Chimakuan language). The Quileute is a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, currently numbering approximately 750 The Chimakuan language family consists of two languages spoken in northwestern Washington, USA on the Olympic Peninsula. In the 1860s, Chief Seattle and the Suquamish people wiped out the Chemakum people, killing the language off with them. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Chief Seattle or Sealth ( Lushootseed: Ts’ial-la-kum; c 1786 – June 7, 1866) also spelled Seathle, Seathl The Suquamish are a Native American tribe of Washington State in the United States.

Phonology

Chemakum had three vowels, long and short, and lexical stress. It had the following consonants. (Note the unusual lack of plain velar consonants. )

		Bilabial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Labio- velar	Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral			plain	labial
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	plain	p	t			kʷ	q	qʷ	ʔ
	ejective	p’	t’			kʷ’	q’	qʷ’
Affricate	plain		ts		tʃ
	ejective		ts’	tɬ’	tʃ’
Fricative			s	ɬ	ʃ	xʷ	χ	χʷ	h
Approximant				l	j	w

See also

• Quileute
• Chimakuan languages

In Phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a Consonant articulated with both Lips The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior Alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets Postalveolar consonants are Consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the Alveolar ridge, placing them a bit further back in the The term labiovelar is ambiguous It may mean labial-velar (a Consonant made at two places of articulation, one at the lips and the other at the soft Uvulars are Consonants articulated with the back of the Tongue against or near the uvula, that is further back in the mouth than Velar consonants Glottal consonants are Consonants articulated with the Glottis. Laterals are "L"-like Consonants pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the tongue while air from the lungs escapes at one side or both "Lip rounding" redirects here See Roundedness for the lip rounding of vowels A nasal consonant (also called nasal stop or nasal continuant) is produced with a lowered velum in the mouth allowing air to escape freely through the A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a Consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the Vocal tract. In Phonetics, ejective consonants are Voiceless Consonants that are pronounced with simultaneous closure of the Glottis. Affricate Consonants begin as stops (most often an alveolar, such as or) but release as a fricative (such as or or occasionally into Fricatives are Consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together Approximants are speech sounds ( Phonemes) that could be regarded as intermediate between Vowels and typical Consonants In the articulation of approximants The Quileute is a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, currently numbering approximately 750 The Chimakuan language family consists of two languages spoken in northwestern Washington, USA on the Olympic Peninsula.

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