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Lushootseed (also xʷəlšucid dxʷləšúcid Puget Salish Puget Sound Salish Skagit-Nisqually) is the language or dialect continuum of several SalishNative American groups of modern-day Washington state. Lushootseed is a member of Coast Salish one of the two main divisions of the Salishan language group.Lushootseed like its neighbour Twana is in the Southern Coast Salish subgroup of the Salishan family of languages.