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Molala language

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Native to
  
United States

ISO 639-3
  
mbe

Ethnicity
  
Molala people

Region
  
Central Oregon and Washington

Extinct
  
1958 with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958)

Language family
  
Plateau Penutian Molala

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

    • References

    Molala language Wikipedia
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