Molala language

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Native to United States ISO 639-3 mbe		Ethnicity Molala people
Region Central Oregon and Washington Extinct 1958with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958) Language family Plateau PenutianMolala

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:

Northern Molala, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range

Upper Santiam Molala, spoken along the upper Santiam River in the Cascades in central Oregon.

Southern Molala, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range

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Molala language Wikipedia

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