Quinault language

Quinault
Kʷínaył
Native toUnited States
RegionOlympic Peninsula, Washington
Ethnicity1,500 Quinault people (1977)
Extinct1996
half a dozen know some vocabulary (2007)
Revivalrevival efforts underway
Salishan
  • Coast
    • Tsamosan
      • Maritime
        • Quinault
Language codes
ISO 639-3qun
Glottologquin1251

Quinault (Kʷínaył) is a member of the Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of Salishan languages. It is extinct, but efforts are being taken to revitalize it.