Kalapuyan languages
| Kalapuya | |
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| Ethnicity: | Kalapuya people |
| Geographic distribution: |
Northwest Oregon |
| Linguistic classification: |
Penutian ?
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| 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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