Quileute language

Quileute (/ˈkwɪlɪjuːt/; kʷòʔlí·yot̓ísk̓ʷa) is the language of the Quileute people, located on the western coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The language went extinct in 1999, though today there are several second-language speakers and the Quileute Nation is working to revitalize the language in daily life. Quileute is one of two Chimakuan languages, and was the last Chimakuan language spoken natively.

Quileute is famous for its lack of nasal sounds, such as [m], [n], or nasal vowels, an areal feature of Puget Sound. Quileute is polysynthetic and words can be quite long.

The name Quileute comes from kʷòʔlí·yot̓, the name of a village at La Push.