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Northern Kalapuya language

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Region
  
Northwest Oregon

Dialects
  
Tualatin Yamhill

Linguist list
  
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Extinct
  
1937

ISO 639-3
  
nrt

Language family
  
Kalapuyan Tualatin-Yamhill

Northern Kalapuyan is a Kalapuyan language indigenous to northwestern Oregon in the United States. It was spoken by Kalapuya groups in the northern Willamette Valley southwest of present-day Portland.

Two distinct dialects of the languages have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along the Tualatin River. The Yamhill (Yamell) dialect was spoken along the Yamhill River. The language is closely related to Central Kalapuya, spoken by related groups in the central and southern Willamette Valley.

Northern Kalapuya is now extinct.

References

Northern Kalapuya language Wikipedia