Learn everyday phrases in Lushootseed! Part 1.

Lushootseed is a member of the Salish language family, whose approximately twenty surviving languages are spoken from northern Oregon to central British Columbia, and from the Pacific coast eastward into Montana and along the British Columbia-Alberta border.

ʔi (Hello).

ʔi, syaʔyaʔ (Hello friend).

ʔi čəxʷ, ʔəsčal čəxʷ (Hello, how are you?).

ʔi čəxʷ, haʔɬ sšudubicid (Hello, it is good to see you).

Translation provided by the Tulalip Lushootseed language department. For more information on the Tulalip Lushootseed language department go to http://www.TulalipLushootseed.com