Extinct Native American language formerly spoken in Oregon
Central Kalapuya
Native to
United States
Region
Northwest Oregon
Extinct
c. 1954[1] with the death of John B. Hudson[2]
Language family
Kalapuyan
Central Kalapuya
Language codes
ISO 639-3
kyl
Glottolog
kala1400
Central Kalapuyan was a Kalapuyan language indigenous to the central and southern Willamette Valley in Oregon in the United States. It was spoken by various bands of the Kalapuya peoples who inhabited the valley up through the middle of the 19th century. The language is closely related to Northern Kalapuya, spoken in the Tualatin and Yamhill valleys. Dialects of Central Kalapuya that have been identified include:
Ahantchuyuk dialect, spoken in the northeastern Willamette Valley along the Pudding and Molalla rivers
Santiam dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along the lower Santiam River
Luckiamute dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along the Luckiamute River
Chepenafa dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along Marys River
Chemapho dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along Muddy Creek
Chelamela dialect, spoken in the southwestern Willamette Valley along the Long Tom River
Tsankupi dialect, spoken in the southeastern Willamette Valley along the Calapooia River
Winefelly-Mohawk dialects, spoken in the southeastern Willamette Valley along the McKenzie, Mohawk, and Coast Fork Willamette rivers
^Central Kalapuya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T. (1996). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. ISBN 9783110134179.
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