Molale language
| Molala | |
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| Native to | United States |
| Region | Central Oregon and Washington |
| Ethnicity | Molala people |
| Extinct | 1958 with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958) |
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Plateau Penutian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | mola1238 |
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:
The phonology of the Molala language:
/i/ and /a/ can also shift to /ə/.
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