Lummi dialect

{{Short description|Dialect of the North Straits Salish language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Lummi

| nativename = {{lang|str-US|Xwlemi Chosen}}

| region = Pacific Northwest

| familycolor = salishan

| fam1 = Salishan languages

| fam2 = Coast Salish

| fam3 = Central

| fam4 = Straits Salish

| fam5 = North Straits Salish

| isoexception = dialect

| glotto = lumm1243

| glottorefname = Lummi

| ethnicity = Lummi people

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[xʷləmi tʃɔsən]}}

| states = United States

}}

Lummi (Xwlemi Chosen, {{IPA|sal|xʷləmi tʃɔsən|IPA}}) is a dialect of the North Straits Salish language traditionally spoken by the Lummi people of northwest Washington, in the United States. Although traditionally referred to as a language, it is mutually intelligible with the other dialects of North Straits.

Lummi language is still spoken on the Lummi reservation and is taught at Ferndale High School,[http://www.ferndalesd.org/student-services/native-american-services Ferndale Native American Education]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112110836/http://www.ferndalesd.org/student-services/native-american-services|date=2017-11-12}} Lummi Nation School, Vista Middle School, Horizon Middle School, Skyline and Eagleridge Elementary Schools,{{Cite web |title=Native American Education - Ferndale School District |url=https://www.ferndalesd.org/deptprograms/teaching-learning/student-services/native-american-education |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729083433/https://www.ferndalesd.org/deptprograms/teaching-learning/student-services/native-american-education |archive-date=2021-07-29}} and the Northwest Indian College.