Northern Kalapuya language

Extinct Native American language formerly spoken in Oregon

Tualatin-Yamhill

Northern Kalapuya
Native to| United States
Region| Northwest Oregon
Extinct| 1937, with the death of Louis Kenoyer

Language family

Kalapuyan

* Tualatin-Yamhill

Dialects|

* Tualatin
* Yamhill

Language codes
ISO 639-3| `nrt`

Linguist List

| `nrt`
Glottolog| `tual1242`

Northern Kalapuyan is an extinct 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.

Three distinct dialects of the language have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along the Tualatin River. The Yamhill (Yamhala) 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.

The terminal speaker of Northern Kalapuya was Louis Kenoyer who died in 1937.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Jacobs, Melville (1945). Kalapuya Texts. University of Washington Publications in Anthropology. Vol. 11\. Seattle: University of Washington.

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* Klamath
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Takelma|

* Takelma

Kalapuyan|

* Central Kalapuya
* Northern Kalapuya
* Yoncalla

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Topics|

* Central Kalapuya language
* Chinookan
* Longhouse
* Northern Kalapuya language
* Oregon Penutian languages
* Salishan languages
* Shastan languages
* Thunderbird
* Wapato
* Western Oregon Indian Termination Act
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Events|

* Bridge of the Gods
* Kalapuya Treaty
* Cayuse War
* Potlatch
* Missoula Floods
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Places|

* Fort Clatsop
* Celilo Falls
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People|

* Alsea
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Italics indicate extinct languages

Indigenous|

| Alsean|

* Alsea (Alséya)
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Athabaskan|

* Lower Rogue River (Tututni, Upper Coquille)
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Kalapuyan|

* Central Kalapuya (Santiam)
* Northern Kalapuya (Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati))
* Northern Kalapuya (Yamhill dialect (Yamell))
* Yoncalla (Southern Kalapuya)

Oregon Coast Penutian|

* Siuslaw

Plateau Penutian|

* Klamath-Modoc (Klamath, Lutuamian)
* Molala

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* Sahaptin (Shahaptin, Sħáptənəxw, Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit)
* Umatilla

Salishan|

* Tillamook

Unclassified|

* Plains Sign Talk
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* Northern Paiute (Numu and Paviotso)

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