1958, with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958)[1]
Language family
Penutian?
Plateau Penutian?
Molala
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mbe
Glottolog
mola1238
Molala is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
[2]
Molala is an extinct language once spoken by the Molala people of Oregon. Currently it is included among the Plateau Penutian language family, with Klamath and Sahaptin being considered the closest related.[3][4]
^Wurm, Mühlhäusler & Tryon 1996, p. 1148.
^Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
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