Twana language (twa)

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Also Known As: Twana Language,Skokomish


Description:

The Twana language or Skokomish language belongs to the Salishan family of Native American languages. It is believed by some elders within the Skokomish community (such as Bruce Subiyay Miller) that the language branched off from Lushootseed (xəlšucid) because of the region-wide tradition of not speaking the name of someone who died for a year after their death. Substitute words were found in their place and often became normalizing in the community, generating differences from one community to the next. Subiyay speculated that this process increased the drift rate between languages and separated Twana firmly from xəlšucid (Lushootseed).

The name Skokomish is a Chinook Jargon-Lushootseed hybrid form and translates to "Big River People" (skookum + -mish for "people")...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Twana language Speakers

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Overview

Main Country: United States
Spoken In:

Regions: Americas

ISO 639-3 Code: twa

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Salishan Group

    Central Salish Group

      Twana Group

        Twana language