Chimacum
Chimacum, or Chemakum, were a Native American group that once lived on western
Washington state's Olympic Peninsula. The Chimacum spoke a language very similar to the
Quileute language, which is one of a kind language. This is due to the fact that the
Chimacum were wiped out by
Chief Seattle and the
Suquamish people in warfare during the
1860s. The Chimacum language, like the language of the Quileutes, was one of only a few known languages to
not have any nasal sounds (m, n).
See also: Quileute