Ethnicity: Kalapuya people Linguistic classification: Penutian ?
Kalapuya | Geographic
distribution: Northwest Oregon 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.
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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)Genetic relations
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.
References
Kalapuyan languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA