Northern Kalapuya language
Tualatin-Yamhill | |
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Northern Kalapuya | |
Region | Northwest Oregon |
Extinct | 1937 |
Kalapuyan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nrt |
Linguist list |
nrt |
Glottolog |
tual1242 [1] |
Northern Kalapuyan is a Kalapuyan language indigenous to northwestern Oregon in the United States. It was spoken by Kalapuya groups in the northern Willamette Valley southwest of present-day Portland.
Two distinct dialects of the languages have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along the Tualatin River. The Yamhill (Yamell) dialect was spoken along the Yamhill River. The language is closely related to Central Kalapuya, spoken by related groups in the central and southern Willamette Valley.
Northern Kalapuya is now extinct.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tualatin-Yamhill". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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