The Wakashan, Salishan, and Chimakuan languages all have lexical suffixes — the presence of these is an areal feature of the Pacific Northwest of the North America.
It was spoken until the 1940s on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula between Port Townsend and Hood Canal.
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The Chimakum people were a Chimakuan-speaking people whose traditional territory lay in the area of Port Townsend, Washington.