Northern Kalapuya language
| Tualatin-Yamhill | |
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| Northern Kalapuya | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | NorthwestOregon |
| Extinct | 1937, with the death of Louis Kenoyer |
Kalapuyan
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| ISO 639-3 | nrt |
nrt | |
| Glottolog | tual1242 |
Northern Kalapuyanis an extinctKalapuyanlanguage indigenous to northwesternOregonin theUnited States.It was spoken byKalapuyagroups in the northernWillamette Valleysouthwest of present-dayPortland.
Three distinctdialectsof the language have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along theTualatin River.The Yamhill (Yamhala) dialect was spoken along theYamhill River.The language is closely related toCentral Kalapuya,spoken by related groups in the central and southern Willamette Valley.
Theterminal speakerof Northern Kalapuya was Louis Kenoyer who died in 1937.[1]
References[edit]
- ^Jacobs, Melville (1945).Kalapuya Texts.University of Washington Publications in Anthropology. Vol. 11. Seattle: University of Washington.
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