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Kalapuyan languages

Kalapuya
Ethnicity: Kalapuya people
Geographic
distribution:
Northwest Oregon
Linguistic classification: Penutian ?
  • Kalapuya
Glottolog: kala1402
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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.

Kalapuyan consists of

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.


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