Chemakum

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Chemakum (English pronunciation: [ˈʧɛməkəm]) (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.

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 p t ʦ ʧ kʷ q qʷ ʔ
Ejective p’ t’ ʦ’ t͡ɬ’ ʧ’ kʷ’ q’ qʷ’
Fricative s ɬ ʃ xʷ χ χʷ h
Sonorant m n l j w

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