The Salishan Language Family

1. Bella Coola: Bella Coola
2. Tillamook: †Tillamook
3. Central Salish:
   1. Halkomelem: Halkomelem
   2. Nooksack: †Nooksack
   3. Northern: Comox, Pentlatch, Sechelt
   4. Squamish: Squamish
   5. Straits: Clallam, †Northern Straits Salish
   6. Twana: †Lushootseed, †Southern Lushootseed, †Twana
4. Interior Salish:
   1. Northern: Lillooet, Shuswap, Thompson
   2. Southern:
          Columbia-Wenatchi, Coeur d'Alene, Okanagan, Kalispel-Pend-d'Oreille, †Spokane
   3.  Tsamosan:
      1. Inland: †Lower Chehalis, †Upper Chehalis, †Cowlitz
      2. Maritime: †Quinault

   Note:  Languages and language groups preceded by a dagger (†) are extinct.

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