| Language name: | UPPER CHEHALIS |
| UPSID number: | 6773 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | North American, Almosan |
| This language has | 34 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.318312247 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p t k kW q qW ? p' t' k' kW' q' qW' ts tS ts' tS' "tlF' xW X XW h s S "hlF m n "l j w "e "@ "o a |
| Comment: | Upper Chehalis was formerly spoken in an area of South-western Washington state, U.S.A. Vowel length is phonemic. There may be a series of contrastively laryngealized nasals and approximants, but Kinkade's (1963) subject was not consistent in using them. |
| Source(s): | Kinkade, M.D. 1963. Phonology and morphology of Upper Chehalis: I. International Journal of American Linguistics XXIX/3: 181-195. |