Lummi dialect

Lummi
Xwlemi
Region	Pacific Northwest
Extinct	c. 2000
Language family	Proto-Salish Coast Salish Central Salish Straits Salish North Straits Salish Lummi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	str-lum

The Lummi language (Xwlemi Chosen, IPA: [xʷləmi tʃɔsən]) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of northwest Washington, in the United States. Although traditionally referred to as a language, it is mutually intelligible with the other dialects of North Straits.

Lummi language is still spoken on the Lummi reservation and is taught at Ferndale High School, Lummi Tribal School and the Northwest Indian College.

Further reading

• Gibbs, George (1863). Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallam and Lummi. Cramoisy Press.  Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection or at Internet Archive