Molala language

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Molala
Native to United States
Region Central Oregon and Washington
Ethnicity Molala people
Extinct 1958[1]
with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mbe
Glottolog mola1238[3]

Molala (Molele, Molalla) is the extinct and poorly attested Plateau Penutian language of the Molala people of Oregon and Washington. It is first attested along the Deschutes River, and later moved to the Molalla and Santiam rivers, and to the headwaters of the Umpqua and Rogue rivers. It was once thought to be close to Cayuse. There were three known dialects:

  • Northern Molala, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range
  • Upper Santiam Molala, spoken along the upper Santiam River in the Cascades in central Oregon.
  • Southern Molala, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range

References

  1. Molala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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