Subdivisions
Lushootseed consists of two dialect groups which can be further divided into subdialects:
- Northern Lushootseed
- Snohomish (at Tulalip)
- Stillaguamish
- Lower Skagit-Swinomish (on Skagit River and on Whidbey Island)
- Upper Skagit
- Sauk-Suiattle (on Sauk River and Suiattle River)
- Southern Lushootseed
- Skykomish
- Snoqualmie
- Steilacoom
- Suquamish
- Duwamish
- bǝqǝlšuɫucid (Muckleshoot Language) (on Green and White rivers)
- txʷǝlšucid (The Official Language of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians)
- Nisqually
- Sahewamish
- Whulshootseed
The division into Northern and Southern groups is based on vocabulary and stress patterns. The dialects form a cline.
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