Lushootseed
Lushootseed (Salish native form: Dxwlesucid) is the name
given lately to the Salishan language formerly known as
Puget Sound Salish. This was spoken by different groups
around Puget Sound, where Seattle is located, in Washington
state, US. Here there are some tribal or group names of the
Lushootseed region: Skagit, Snohomish, Swinomish, Duwamish,
Nisqually, Puyallup, Suquamish, Muckelshoot, Snoqualmie,
Twana, Tulalip, Squaxin... Those groups had no common ethnic
name, so no general name for the name existed. The languages
is in the verge of extinction: some 150 speakers (1990) out
of 4,000 people in the ethnic groups. Most names in our list
coincide with tribal & dialect names, as they are
derived from placenames.
About spellings: The "7" is a convention that marks a
glottal stop (phonetically represented by a "?" without the
dot). Non-initial capital X is a uvular fricative, opposed
to small x (velar fricative, like Spanish jota).
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Dxwlesucid
Lushootseed izena ematen zaio orain (jatorrizko forma:
Dxwlesucid) lehen Puget Sound Salish zeritzonari. Puget
Sound badia Seattle hiriaren kokagunea da Wasghington
estatuan, eta lehen Salish taldeko hainbat herri bizi ziren
han inguruan. Honako hauek, hain zuzen:: Skagit, Snohomish,
Swinomish, Duwamish, Nisqually, Puyallup, Suquamish,
Muckelshoot, Snoqualmie, Twana, Tulalip, Squaxin...
Izenetarik gehienak toki-izenetan dute jatorria (gure
zerrendan ikus dezakezunez), eta gainera dialektoak ere
bereizten dituzte. Taldeen arteko izen edo identitate etniko
komunik ez zegoen. Hizkuntza hilzorian dago: 150m bat hiztun
(1990) 4.000 laguneko talde etnikoan.
Idazkera: "7" zeinua eta X/x larri eta xehearen
bereizketak konbentzio erabiliak dira Salish hizkuntzetan,
zeinu fonetikoak idazkera arruntean adierazteko.
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