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The Chemakum language (/ˈtʃɛməkʌm/; also written as Chimakum or Chimacum) was spoken by the Chemakum a Native American group that once lived on western Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. It was very similar to the Quileute language the only surviving Chimakuan language. In the 1860s Chief Seattle and the Suquamish people killed many of the Chimakum people. In 1890 Franz Boas found only three speakers and they spoke it imperfectly.