Molala language
Extinct language of US Pacific Northwest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Molala is an extinct language once spoken by the Molala people of Oregon. Currently it is included among the Plateau Penutian language family, with Klamath and Sahaptin being considered the closest related.[3][4]
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Molalla | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Cascade Mountains of Oregon |
Ethnicity | Molala people |
Extinct | 1958, with the death of Fred Yelkes (1885–1958)[1] |
Penutian?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mbe |
Glottolog | mola1238 |
Molala is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] |
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