Kalapuyan languages

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Kalapuya
Spoken in: Northwest Oregon
Total speakers: 1 or 2; effectively extinct
Language family: Kalapuyan
 Kalapuya
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: kyl

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.

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[edit] Family division

Kalapuyan consists of

1. Northern Kalapuya (a.k.a. Tualatin-Yamhill)
2. Central Kalapuya (a.k.a. Santiam)
3. Yoncalla (a.k.a. Southern Kalapuya)

[edit] Genetic relations

One of the boulders engraved with Kalapuyan words along the paths of east Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon, this one is next to the Willamette River: "Whilamut" "Where the river ripples and runs fast"
One of the boulders engraved with Kalapuyan words along the paths of east Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon, this one is next to the Willamette River: "Whilamut" "Where the river ripples and runs fast"

Kalapuyan is usually connected with the various Penutian proposals with Kalapuyan lying within an Oregon Penutian sub-group (along with Takelma, Siuslaw, and Coosan). A special relationship with Takelma has been proposed, together forming a Takelman family; however, recent research has offered counterevidence against this relationship. Therefore, currently the Kalapuyan family is generally considered separate, but with promising connections to the Penutian hypothesis.

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