Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie language

Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie (Kwalhioqua–Tlatskanai, Lower Columbia Athabaskan) is an extinct Athabaskan language of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington state, along the lower Columbia River. It was documented in the early 20th century, and a wordlist was compiled, consisting of some 322 words.^[2]

Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie
Kwalhioqua–Tlatskanai
Native to	United States
Region	Washington
Ethnicity	Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie people
Extinct	c. 1910[1]
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan–Eyak Athabaskan Northern Kwalhioqua–Clatskanie
Dialects	Kwalhioqua Clatskanie
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwt
Linguist List	qwt
Glottolog	kwal1258

Dialects

Dialects were:

• Kwalhioqua (a.k.a. Willapa or Willoopah) (north of the lower Columbia River)
  • Willapa or Wela'pakote'li subdialect
  • Suwal subdialect
• Clatskanie (a.k.a. Tlatskanai) (south of the lower Columbia River)