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Skagit

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A language once spoken by a Native American people in northwest Washington State

noun

Specialized

: idioma Skagit

The Skagit language is part of the Salishan family and was historically spoken by the Skagit people.

Examples

In the four years he had Evelyn, Photograph courtesy Department of Library Services, American Museum of Natural History, he learned the Skagits' language and visited for months with her people in summer camps and in their big winter houses; he knew many families in the band.

Fiction book (1991)
Many efforts are being made to preserve the Skagit language among the descendants of the original speakers.
The Upper Skagit reservation is located near Sedro Woolley, Washington, along the Skagit River.

Academic text (1992)
At Upper Skagit, another tribe acknowledged in the 1970s, women provided valuable leadership during the difficult period before acknowledgment, but were limited to roles as nonvoting secretaries and treasurers on the Tribal Council (Miller 1989).

Academic text (1992)
In learning about Native American cultures, I discovered the Skagit language, which is unique to the region.

Surface Forms

Skagit singular

Skagits plural

Etymology

Skagit as the name of a language comes from the same source: the name of the Skagit people and their river, from a Salish word. So the Skagit language is simply the language spoken by the Skagit people.