Cowlitz language
The Cowlitz language is a member of the Tsamosan branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages.The Cowlitz people were originally two distinct tribes: the Lower Cowlitz and the Upper Cowlitz. Only the Lower Cowlitz spoke Cowlitz; the Upper Cowlitz, a Sahaptin tribe, spoke a dialect of Yakama.Phonology
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Vocabulary
Cowlitz is most similar to Lower Chehalis, another Tsamosan language, although it does contains some oddities, such as the word for one, utsus.
| English | Cowlitz |
| Lower Cowlitz tribe | Sł'púlmš |
| one | utsus |
| two | salli |
| three | kałi |
| four | mus |
| five | tsilats |
| to sing | ilani |
| moon/sun | Łuqał |
| dog | kaxa |
| water | kal'l |
| man | siłimx |
| woman | kuwił |
