The Lushootseed-speaking peoples, sometimes known as the Lushootseed people,[1][2] are a group of peoples Indigenous to the Pacific Northwest who are linguistically related along the Lushootseed dialect continuum.
Lushootseed-speaking groups were traditionally politically autonomous at the local, or village, level, so there was no historical term to refer to all Lushootseed-speaking peoples.
[4] All historically-attested extended village groups or bands are listed, grouped by modern-day tribal units, sub-units, and further sub-units: Northern Lushootseed (dxʷləšucid)[5] is spoken by peoples living generally in Island, Skagit, Snohomish, and parts of Whatcom counties.
Northern Lushootseed-speaking communities include: Southern Lushootseed, otherwise known as Twulshootseed (txʷəlšucid)[8] is spoken by the various peoples, historical and contemporary, located in King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties.
Southern Lushootseed communities include: Whulshootseed (xʷəlšucid) refers to the large subdialect of Southern Lushootseed spoken by the Snoqualmie and Muckleshoot peoples.