Kalapuyan languages

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Kalapuya
Ethnicity: Kalapuya people
Geographic
distribution:
Northwest Oregon
Linguistic classification: Penutian ?
  • Kalapuya
Glottolog: kala1402[1]
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Kalapuyan (also Kalapuya) is a small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States. It consists of three languages.

Family division

Kalapuyan consists of

1. Northern Kalapuya (AKA TualatinYamhill)
2. Central Kalapuya (AKA Santiam)
3. Yoncalla (AKA Southern Kalapuya)

Genetic relations

One of the boulders engraved with Kalapuyan words along the paths of east Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon; this one is next to the Willamette River: Whilamut (meaning, Where the river ripples and runs fast)

Kalapuyan is usually connected with the various Penutian proposals, most recently as part of an Oregon Penutian branch along with Takelma, Siuslaw, and Coosan. A special relationship with Takelma had been proposed, together forming a Takelman family; however, subsequent research found evidence against such a relationship.

References

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