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'Chemakum' (''English pronunciation'': ) (also written as 'Chimakum' or 'Chimacum') were a Native American group that once lived on western Washington state's Olympic Peninsula. The Chemakum spoke a language very similar to the Quileute language, which is now effectively a language isolate. This is because the Chemakum were wiped out by Chief Seattle and the Suquamish people in warfare during the 1860s.

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Phonology

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Phonology

Chemakum had three vowels, long and short, and lexical stress. It had the following consonants. (Note the unusual lack of plain velar consonants.)

	Labial	Alveolar stop	Alveolar fricate	Lateral	Palatal	Labialized velar	Uvular	Labialized uvular	Glottal
'Plosive'
'Ejective'
'Fricative'
'Sonorant'

See also

★ Quileute

★ Chimakuan languages