| Lower Chehalis | |
|---|---|
| Łəw̓ál̕məš ɬəw̓ál̓məš | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | south ofOlympic Peninsula,Washington |
| Ethnicity | Chehalis people |
| Extinct | 1990s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cea |
| Glottolog | lowe1427 |
 Lower Chehalis is classified as Extinct by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] | |
Lower Chehalis (Łəw̓ál̕məš) is a member of theTsamosan (orOlympic Peninsula) branch of theCoast Salish family ofSalishan languages. In some classifications, Lower Chehalis is placed closer toQuinault than it is toUpper Chehalis. It went extinct in the 1990s.
Vowels are represented as/iəua/ and/iːuːaː/.[3] Allophones are also noted.
| Sound | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /i/ | [i],[e],[ɛ] |
| /a/ | [aˤ],[a],[ɐ] |
| /ə/ | [ɨ],[ə],[ʌ],[ɪ],[ʊ] |
| /u/ | [u],[o],[ɔ] |
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