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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 Kalapuyan is an extinctKalapuyan language indigenous to northwesternOregon in theUnited States. It was spoken byKalapuya groups in the northernWillamette Valley southwest of present-dayPortland.
Three distinctdialects of 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 speaker of Northern Kalapuya was Louis Kenoyer who died in 1937.[1]
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