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Lower Chinook is an extinct Chinookan language historically spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America.

Dialects
Clatsop (Tlatsop) was spoken in northwestern Oregon around the mouth of the Columbia River and the Clatsop Plains (†). • Shoalwater (also known as Chinook proper), extinct () since the 1930s. Shoalwater was spoken in southwestern Washington around southern Willapa Bay. Chinook Jargon is partially based on Chinook. ==Comparison to Kathlamet and Upper Chinook==
Comparison to Kathlamet and Upper Chinook
Lower Chinook shares many cognates with the Upper Chinook and Kathlamet languages. ==References==
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